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

[Meatwad]

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].

Heh. I sent a refractometer to xris (Chris Peterson) some time ago just 
as a general 'Thank You' for the time he has put into mythweb. He seemed 
flabbergasted at the time but think about it: Control your recording 
device from anywhere you are? That capability is just about the coolest 
shiite around. Besides, if a refractometer helps improve his beer, I can 
only assume the quality of his code would follow.

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mw