On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Erlend Sogge Heggen <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh okay, fair enough. > > Though I have to say, ethical concerns could be covered in explicit > 'guidelines'; not quite as strictly imposed, but then again in my > personal opinion the fewer rules imposed on the user the better. If > you make a shovel for digging there's only so much you can do to stop > some fool from whacking some unfortunate soul in the head with it.
True, and agreed. But we should try to do what we can. I sleep that much easier. > As for selling the software, I think the most important part is > selling yourself just as much you sell the app. I *think* that > software companies today buy into the people maybe more so than what > they have created. After all, there's a reason why most programmers, > in spite of the many open and fully functional alternatives available > for most things today, choose to make their own 'baby'. I'm not a developer really, I'm a teacher who wanted to start an online school and couldn't find the software he wanted for the kind of interactivity he had in mind. And came up with a few good ideas. The schools now up and running--so my focus is more on growing it than looking for programming jobs. I'm pretty focused on keeping BoltWire a means to an end. :) > For reasons I have yet to go into detail about, I have a feeling you > would fit perfectly in with the people at Automattic (Wordpress team). > Have you tried approaching them yet? They once attempted to add a > wikisoft to their ranks of web apps, but it never gained momentum. I > feel like BoltWire could be it :) Actually I haven't made any efforts to approach anyone! I started BoltWire as a community because I knew it would greatly enhance the quality of the software, and thus my projects. Not for any commercial purpose in itself. It has grown to a point however where the BoltWire community might be better served by a larger parent organization. I'd have to be convinced it was in the interest of all our users, but I'm not opposed to the idea. I do know BoltWire will one day (soon) reach full maturity, and at that point we will need a stronger support community, to share the load of answering questions and the like. We will cross that bridge somehow when we get to it. But it will be curious to watch how it all unfolds. Cheers, Dan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en.
