On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:05:17 +0530, Nicholas MIller <nick.kyky@gmail.com> wrote:
if we (arch linux users) managed to collect enough money to 'bribe' the devs into doing what we want, this poll might have a point. as it is, forget it.
I'd seriously consider giving a good bit for direct influence in how some choices are made in arch and i'm fairly sure others would to.... granted this leads to other problems ie the golden rule (like the man with the gold makes the rules)
[sorry, hit the return key by accident in my previous, half-finished message.] my earlier post wasn't meant seriously, only to show that polls don't make sense in this situaion. if the devs wanted to work on a commercial distro, they would be doing that. of course, everybody got their price eventually, but that would be a rather huge amount of bitcoins/dollars/gold bars/whatever. it would probably be easier to hire a couple dozen qualified developers to create your own customized arch-derived distro. that's an option, of course, if you got the money and want to spend it.\ -- phani.