I am amazed when I see things that come into existence through a community-spirit motivation - it renews my faith in the core goodness of humanity (forgive my corniness):)
The two examples that stand out for me in this regard are this list, and wikipedia. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas McGrath III Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:40 AM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Constellation Jonathan, Absolutely, That is why, even though I spent $1,200 on Director, I decided to switch to Revolution 'enterprise user'. I had spent time lurking on this list and after a while it hit me "Wow, These guys really care. They want to help people just like I do. They want to see people succeed in this endeavor." I have not been disappointed since then. I was just sharing my fear that it 'could' happen here. I certainly hope it does not and I know I would not change. This is the best list I have ever been on. The people are selfless and caring. I love it. Tom On Oct 21, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: > Surely, by now, you have found that Rev users are very willing to help > each other out, free of charge? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas > McGrath III > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:24 AM > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: Re: Constellation > > Dennis, > > This sounds reasonable. I guess my 'fear' is that once 'everyone' > says "Hey, I can sell this using this list as my source of customers" > then this list and the attitude turns and starts to feel just like > Director and it's lists. That is why I stopped developing in Director > in the first place, not enough community support and 'greedy > appearing' developers that won't share their time with newbies or > with someone that is just struggling with a piece of code. (Not all > Director developers are like this, but enough to make me switch to > REV. Also, It is not guaranteed that this would happen here but it > might.) > > P.S. I bought Constellation and the whole set of Gadgets. I only > really wanted one part of it and was curious about productivity > increase with the rest. (The video's actually sold me with the > support from users on the list.) > > Tom > > On Oct 20, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Dennis Brown wrote: > > >> However, I don't begrudge any developer, who has taken on the task >> of producing a significant tool for development, a modest fee for >> sharing it. It takes a lot of work (and time away from paying >> customers) to turn a personal tool into a product --and to support >> it. If every developer made a modest tool and shared it for a >> modest fee, then it would be a break even proposition --the fees >> received from other developers = the fees payed for other >> developers tools. >> >> I believe that the tools offered for sale in this community do not >> actually pay back for the time and effort in their development. >> The fee charged just insures that those who buy it, need it, and it >> pays for their support. I believe it is mostly a labor of love and >> sharing, but a developer needs an incentive to rationalize the time >> spent on a "product" with no initial paying customer. There is >> also a promotion of reputation in the process that is good for >> getting future contract work. >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
