> At 01:01 PM 2/21/03 -0600, Raymond Camden wrote: >>I don't think you will ever kill that argument. There are >>some people >>who - for whatever reason - think ALL commercial software >>is the tool of >>the devil, and if you try to sell code you are commiting a >>mortal sin. >>They will NEVER be convinced otherwise. (Or so it seems.)
> That's true. How do people like that make money? They make their money in some other way and programming to them is a hobby. Or they give away free software in the hopes of creating a reputation for themselves which will help them sell the service of software development / integration for in-house projects for large corporations, small contracts, or just plain landing a good job. I do that myself ( http://www.turnkey.to/tapi ) although I also sell software licenses. I suspect the thinking is that because software can be distributed for free (if you really wanted to you could distribute software via a Geocities, Angelfire or Tripod website) that all software licensing should also be free, leaving any and all competition between consultants over money spent on services rendered. In other words, "if it doesn't cost you anything, don't charge anything". Even free software costs something to the person developing it (time) but I think they rationalize that expense as the "cost of doing business" -- marketing dollars essentially. Though with it now being horribly easy to hire programmers from India or the Phillipines I wonder that the consultant cowboy is apt to be hardest hit by future shifts in power when the software they've spent so many hours developing as a marketing effort is being implemented more often by people who will do their job for 1/3rd of their wage. s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
