I'm having a hard time to believe someone can take it that way. UNLESS it
was agreed upfront the contract was for a specific task only. In that case
you knew they'll end it once it was done.

But it doesn't look like that's the case here. Or was it ?

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 04:37, Michael Burgess <mburg...@dedata.com.au>wrote:

> Hi Alexander,
>
> While I understand your frustration, this seems like a reasonable way
> to get something done.
>
> Let me explain, I once worked for a someone in the medical industry
> who had a great idea for manufacturing parts. Now, he had no expertise
> in manufacturing or software development, but what he did was find the
> resources, like software engineers and CAD/CAM experts which he
> contracted to develop a system to perform this new process.
>
> This job was fun, interesting and challenging and I got to work in
> areas I previously hadn't.
>
> Once the software was in production and the tooling was perfected he
> stopped using expensive contractors and found someone more affordable
> and able to build on the foundations we put together.
>
> Last I heard the business is doing well. Now he paid us for our
> services to implement his idea. We contributed and made improvements
> to what he was trying to do, but we weren't business partners or
> owners, we were the hammer and nails to get his job done.
>
> If you want to get the benefits, come up with the idea, fund it, and,
> assuming success, enjoy the fruits of your labor.
>
> I guess what I am saying is that just because someone cannot
> personally implement the solution to a particular problem, what is
> wrong with them getting someone like yourself in for a short time to
> help solve that problem.
>
> Michael
>
> On Oct 17, 6:35 am, "a.efremov" <a.efre...@javasmith.org> wrote:
> > It smells as modern days stilling, people promise you contract job and
> > interesting work, load you 10h/day. then simply run away with your
> > results. Well, you got a bit of money for that. That's not so bad.
> > What to do, keep mouth locked and let them do anything with code base.
> > Finish code and go away.
>
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