Jakob Eriksson wrote:
To go back to the original discussion, I agree that there should be
_something_ holding back the free loaders. Not sure exactly what,
so I'm monitoring the "Commercial support" thread to see what
the consensus ends up as.
Sponsoring Wine, is maybe the right way to get some publicity
for a wine-supporting-entity and for Wine to get some funds in. This
also will not affect the reputation of Wine and is not a recommendation
of Wine itself, of any such entity. Advertisements is the other
alternative, which exists already on the website (CrossOver?)...
Look, if you setup a commercial support list, you have to stand to
it....I still think it's a problematic object....it's not about money,
but reputation and maybe even legal complications....
And another point: I saw on this list the numbers going around, like
$2000 and $10000 for being listed. I thought in the beginning, its a
joke, but some of you took this seriously....Well, to make for you some
simple calculations: Having 20 % set aside for advertisement efforts of
an overall marketing budget of, lets say 10 % of sales, than you need
to have this "listing on winehq" lead to $ 500,000 worth of sales....
I think that's far away from reality, friends!
regards,
Jakob
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