Re: Concept for Newbies

[Mats Bengtsson]

I don't really understand yoru proposal. Who would do the extra support?
Is there really a need?

Of course, anyone who feels enough an expert to be able to offer such
support is free to start such a service. However, I don't think that
anybody of us who regularly provide answers on the mailing lists now
would be able to spend much more time if he got a few dollars per
month in return. Han-Wen tried to make a living based on implementing
sponsored features, but it didn't work.

The bottom line is, LilyPond is free software implemented and supported
by enthusiasts on their spare time.

   /Mats

Francois Planiol-Auger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think it would be nice to offer better service for newbies here.
>
> I thought about a kind of sponsorship: Users may register as sponsor, newbies 
> (specially newbies coming from pure Windowing without a background in 
> programming/scripting) may register as newbies, all classified in lands. 
> Questions and Introduction may happen per PM or Forum and evtl. Telefon.
>
> The idea is not so much to spare here the redundant questions, but first of 
> all making lilypond accessible for a broader range of people.
>
> What do u think of it?
>
> Francois
>
>
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