I know sooner or later some one will complain about this thread but I just want to throw my two cents in... I'd give something away free too. Sure I might be able to sell it to a handful of people, but then what? A handful of people appreciate it and a handful of people may want to hire me to do other work. Giving it away free, let's lots and lots of people used it and puts my name in front of lots and lots of people.. Long run that will probably be much more to my liking than a handful of people..
J. John Wilker Web Applications Consultant Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer President/Founder, Inland Empire CFUG. Writer / Technical Writer www.red-omega.com "more people are killed by donkeys than by airplane crashes each year" -----Original Message----- From: dennis baldwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:33 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Just wanna bitch Well versed! Now get to work! -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:59 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Just wanna bitch Sell what to your clients?? My point is every Tom, Dick, and Harry can and/or has developed applications like message boards. Could they sell them for $50? Sure! But who's going to buy it unless it's under a well known company or some other nonesuch? It's reinventing the wheel. Providing projects as open source makes the wheel better by letting an unlimited number of developers to contribute to them. -----Original Message----- From: Mark A. Kruger - CFG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Just wanna bitch Hey that's great - how do I sell my clients on these..... oh wait... -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Just wanna bitch Open Source The best thing to hit software development in the last decade! Open Source projects have produced some very good software. For example: Apache Web Server Tomcat Servlet/JSP app server Xerces XML parser Xindice Native XML Database Server And these are all from www.apache.org not to mention www.sourceforge.net, and many other hosts of Open Source projects. I realize you specifically are talking about end-user apps (ie. message boards), but I think it fits the same foot. Kurt Ward -- Insert Fancy Footer Here -- This space intentionally left blank ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: Just wanna bitch I know this is not the place for this, but I just have to ask this question of the community. What is the benefit of developing a commercial grade application and then giving that application away for free? I see message boards out there where people have obviously spent hours and hours of development time and effort, just to turn around and give the thing away. Is this type of mentality not hurting the development community? I understand that a message board is not that huge of a deal, but some people are trying to make a living developing such items. Is it not more beneficial to design a product and sale it for the going rate of such an application? I am eager to hear what everyones thoughts are on this subject. I would have posted to the community list, but hardly anyone really reads it. Doug Brown ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
