On Donnerstag, 11. September 2008, Antenore Gatta wrote: [snip]
3. We need a pseudo company who will collect product requests and buying the hardware for us.
Because there is money involved, hardware to be ordered, bills to be paid, etc., this would not just a "pseudo" company. It would be a real one, dealing with the harsh realities of business world: With customers who don't pay, with deliveries that don't get shipped in time (or not at all), with storage space to put all the stuff, with employees to unpack large shipments, break them down into customer packages, assemble stuff, ship stuff to customers. Everything you need for a hardware company.
4. That pseudo company will also mange the assemblement and the delivering of the product. 5. The earned money are used to create a brand, and a GNU Linux shop chain.
As nice as this sounds, it would require that somebody steps forward to take the risk. And I could imagine that this somebody would not be too eager to just take the risk and give the profit to an idealistic organization. But on the other hand, this might really be a business idea -- for somebody willing to take the risk an maybe earn good money for a market (the Linux users) that is very real. But business ideas live from people doing it, not from people talking about it...
6. The chain will give a job to several of us, to assemble, to support, to train, to develop... 7. People walking around the shop will see the amazing blue pc in our winodws and will like it!!! 8. People will start to buy our products, and Linux will become more attractive.
Yes, this can be a win-win situation. But there is no guarantee.
CU
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Stefan Hundhammer