<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 2, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Brad Benson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">On 5/2/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Allan Wilson</B> <<A href="mailto:allanwilson@gmail.com">allanwilson@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote"></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <DIV style="direction: ltr;">This is just my two cents but I know a lot of people with a lot of money that are missing out on some of the great features that Myth has because they are not savvy computer users. I think if you made them aware of the potential pitfalls and what things they would have to do to make the system work as expected and they understood those risks then you would be performing a great service. It is a free country, at least in the states, and they can choose not to pay for the system if the benefits don't outweigh the risks. <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> You know, you would think that would be the case. But I think you'd be surprised to find out how many people would tell you they understand the potential pitfalls, etc and are fine with them when they buy the system. And then, when something happens to the listing data, they come banging on your door asking/sueing for their money back because the system doesn't work anymore. <BR> <BR> The majority of people these days seem to prefer bitching/moaning/sueing when something doesn't work as they think it should, regardless of what they may have been told up front. I would certainly not base a business plan on the fact that people would probably be okay with it if you explain the potential problems to them before purchase. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>And what happens when they re-sell the box to somebody else, or give it as a gift?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you want to sell Linux/Myth based systems you better be ready to answer a lot of support calls, I suspect it would be your major expense.</DIV></BODY></HTML>