FWIW, I have to agree, Steve. We've all grown far too accustomed to having a wealth of stuff given to us free of charge. It's too bad, because it means a lot of good stuff will be set aside in favor of projects that pay. I know my own progress on projects like Harness and Fuseminder have been back-burnered because I have to feed the family. Sharing ideas is one thing, but expecting publications and training and software free of charge has gotten completely out of hand.
I'm sorry if anyone takes offense, but the expectation that someone who gives you something for free should be under some onus to deliver it in the form you prefer so that you can consume it in a manner more suited to your own desires, with no consideration in return, is utterly preposterous. I can just imagine someone saying, "Mr. Forta, I love your 'Learn SQL in 21 Days' book, but I'd like mine in hardcover because it would lay open on my desk nicer than the paperback. Oh, and would you please deliver it to my door at no cost to me? Thanks. And have Jeremy throw in a copy of CFMX Enterprise for Solaris while you're at it." My 2 percent, (an overestimated comparison of my contributions to Hal's) - Jeff On 2 Jun 2002 at 21:06, Steve Nelson wrote: > ha! I wasn't talking about paying for the pdf. I was really talking about the > 150 pages of information he wrote. Let's do some theoretical math... > > 150 pages in a book > 3-4 hours per page, let's go on the lite side, say 3 hours per page > Apparently Hal's information isn't that valuable, BUT minimum wage is still > $5.15/hour > > So.... > > 150 pages * 3 hours/page * $5.15/hour = $2317.50 > > To hire Hal at $5.15/hour to write you this book would cost you a little over > two grand. > > I'd say $10-15 is a steal! :-) > > Sorry for sounding so sarcastic, I just wanted to stick up for a good friend of > mine. I'd do the same for any of you when you all write your Fusebox books > (hint, hint) > > Steve Nelson > > Troy Murray wrote: > > > "Hal charged $10-15 for it" > > > > Just to print his HTML pages to PDF? I re-tract my motion then. I'll > > do it myself and send you a copy John. > > > > -T ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
