I agree almost completely with your points...
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Bill Campbellcentos@celestial.com wrote:
I would guess that listing commercial providers on the CentOS site could expose them to legal liabilities given the litigious nature of the U.S. so don't know if this is a consideration.
I can't speak for others, but I would guess that there are quite a few people/organizations on this list who provide commercial support for CentOS and other *nix distributions without being listed on CentOS's site or other sites.
Very true...plus I'm more inclined to choose a vendor if they have demonstrated competence on the lists. I think that is the best advertisement: vendors who answer questions will increase my confidence in their skillsets. Plus I rarely read anything on the website except the list archives.