[mythtv-users] "get the sources and fix it yourself"

[Scott Sharkey]

Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> Good points. I try to give a few weeks of training, before i send them out in 
> to the wilds of irc and lists to get what help they can.
> 
> For the record, i've given out a few hundred dollars worth of Amazon gift 
> certificates (usually about $50) when someone spends a lot of time helping me 
> pull my ass out of the fire.  I mean i shudder to think of how much money M$  
> would have charged me for the same time with their (usually) crappy tech 
> support.
> 
> So far, it's never insulted anyone, they feel validated and i feel better then 
> if i just said "thank you" and dissolved into ether[net].

That's actually a GREAT idea... I'm gonna steal it <grin>.

-Scott