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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 28/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Scott Sharkey</b> <<a href="mailto:ssharkey@linuxunlimited.com">ssharkey@linuxunlimited.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:<br>> Scott,<br>><br>> Good points. I try to give a few weeks of training, before i send them out in
<br>> to the wilds of irc and lists to get what help they can.<br>><br>> For the record, i've given out a few hundred dollars worth of Amazon gift<br>> certificates (usually about $50) when someone spends a lot of time helping me
<br>> pull my ass out of the fire. I mean i shudder to think of how much money M$<br>> would have charged me for the same time with their (usually) crappy tech<br>> support.<br>><br>> So far, it's never insulted anyone, they feel validated and i feel better then
<br>> if i just said "thank you" and dissolved into ether[net].<br><br>That's actually a GREAT idea... I'm gonna steal it <grin>.<br><br>-Scott</blockquote>
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<div>But according to ESR that wont help my X problems :o(</div><br> </div><br>