Greetings, Steve, I can't argue with your basic premise (that Hal should get paid for his work and get proper credit) but I must disagree with your argument below. Writers do not get paid by the hour. If that were true I'd be a millionaire by now. At best, you might get paid by the word (usually for articles and short stories.) You often get a flat rate or royalties. If you ever open a publishing firm and are going to pay writers by the hour, please let me know. :-)
This does raise the question though of how much is intellectual property worth. Much like everything else I guess it depends on what the buyer is willing to pay for it. I would love to take one of Hal's classes or get to more of the gatherings (like the recent CFNorth) but finances don't always permit it. But can I afford the books that have been put out on Fusebox? Yep. Have I bought any of them? Yep. Is this helping to support the Fusebox community at large and the authors in particular? I hope so. I'm very thankful for the Fusebox community that we have. I've learned a great many things from it, and have gotten some very useful tools from it. And when asked about the tools or the techniques I always give credit to the community. I'm very glad that Hal has put his writings on the web, and that you and he and others have all developed and released tools to the community for free. Would I pay for the Fusebox architecture itself? Maybe not. Would I pay for the tools released if the Fusebox architecture was free and the tools had a price? Maybe (depends on the tool and how useful it is. I bought a copy of Adalon since I find it very useful.) Anyway, just my $.02 worth of ramblings. At 09:06 PM 6/2/2002 -0400, you 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 4:18 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Hal Helms latest writing > > > > I third the motion IF AND ONLY IF Hal charged $10-15 for it. > > > > Steve Nelson > > > > Troy Murray wrote: > > > > > I second that motion (PDF). > > > > > > -T > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Jonathan Kopanas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 3:05 PM > > > To: Fusebox List > > > Subject: Hal Helms latest writing > > > > > > I know beggars can't be choosers but is there anyway you can create a > > > pdf of your notes and/or create an index? I just hate reading off the > > > > > screen :-). It is starting to get nice out and I enjoy reading on the > > > porch at night :-). Can you blame me and no I don't have a laptop and > > > > > a wireless LAN which would solve my problem. James Husum BiznizWEB, Inc. http://www.biznizweb.com/ http://www.scifitvfans.com/ http://www.brainsludge.com/ ==^================================================================ 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 ==^================================================================
