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>.......................................................... wonder if
>this can help. One of our members has been discussing getting funding to
>set up a small consultancy offering discounted onsite assistance to local
>not-for-profit associations. This might be one of the ways that people 
>can switch to linux but overcome the difficulty of expensive maintenance
>contracts. Or one of the ways of keeping Linux companies afloat?

I didn't know Linux companies (in particular) were in strife, but what
about the consultancy idea?

Bruce