I think it depends where a person is in his/her life. I've made apps i give away for free because i either support the cause or just hobby work. etc
Bill Wheatley Director of Development AEPS INC www.aeps.com Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Consulting Partner Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer 954-472-6684 X303 ICQ: 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 10:26 AM Subject: Hey Alex, Over Here!!!! (Was Re: OT: Just Wanna Bitch) > (I'm moving this thread over here... if Alex reads this list then we can get > some conversation going on this side... I've been spanked too much this > month already for keeping OT threads alive on the CF-Talk List) > > > > Also, on the comment that "hardly anyone reads" the community list... > why do > > > I have almost 8500 emails from that list in my folder? > > They list server sends out a lot of duplicates. > > (*chuckles*) Yes, there are dupes but not that many ;) > > For those who didn't catch the original thread on the CF-Talk list, here's > the original post from Douglas Brown: > > I know this is not the place for this, but I just have to ask this > question of the community. What is the benefit of developing a > commercial grade application and then giving that application away for > free? I see message boards out there where people have obviously spent > hours and hours of development time and effort, just to turn around and > give the thing away. Is this type of mentality not hurting the > development community? I understand that a message board is not that > huge of a deal, but some people are trying to make a living developing > such items. Is it not more beneficial to design a product and sale it > for the going rate of such an application? I am eager to hear what > everyones thoughts are on this subject. I would have posted to the > community list, but hardly anyone really reads it. > ------------------------------- > Enjoy! > Hatton > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
