Mary, Thanks for sharing the article. I agree with a lot that Brit wrote. However, I do think that APple has affected some of this in the sense that advertising is a little different and it seemed a lot of her comments likely targeted more the desktop world. However, again, Brit's comments to have a lot of truth and folks should consider what she offers. Scott
On Jan 30, 2011, at 6:14 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi all, > > While reading on tuaw recently, I came across a link to a very good article, > written by a developer, listing the reasons why software is not free. Since > there is from time to time a lot of discussion regarding the price of > software, usually involving people decrying the fact that a given app is not > free or nearly so and somehow feeling that they are being gouged by > developers, I thought I'd offer this link for folks to check out and think > about. Remember, this author is not a blindness software developer. > Everything she says in her article is common sense. But since it is coming > from a small mainstream developer, not one developing for our small market, > maybe it will go down easier with those of you who post here and elsewhere > the view that small developers working for a small market segment are somehow > out to screw us over. > http://wildchocolate.tumblr.com/post/2943819131/13-reasons-why-software-is-not-free > > Mary > Mary Otten > motte...@gmail.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
