It's against my nature and I also know how the world works. I've had donation buttons on HoF and FA for years and while people have donated, they are few and far between. I'm not in this for the money, believe it or not. I'm in this because it's the right thing for me to do. Charging people for access to this wouldn't feel as right to me. And if I did charge access, it would just force people over to other free resources instead. We do want to charge for access to the Best of Talk, but that's still a bit off. Maybe when Central releases.
(the above is not a call for donations. If I do make a call, it'll be for writers to write articles for FA or reporters to just email me any CF related news around). > Why not make these lists subscription based, and charge a fee? Something > nominal, like $2 a month. > > Where I work, as long as 1 developer each year saves one hour programming > through this list, the fee would be entirely cost effective. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: dilemma (was RE: Email looks funny) > > > Your totally correct that I'm community oriented and I do support BD as a CF > based product. The problem is really political. If I accept New Atlanta's > offer for the HoF site, then it'll cause bad feelings with some people (who, > I don't know but it will) at Macromedia. This can and probably will affect > things such as my standing as a Team Macromedia member and other things that > I have with MM (such as interview access and alpha/beta privileges). The > choice is basically one of cash/BD on one hand and MM/core CF on the other. > I know for certain that MM is not looking to hire me, fund me or support me > in any direct way. It's just not what they do. I also know for certain that > NA IS willing to fund me to an extent. I've offered both companies the > option to fund different community projects like forums, blog software, etc. > and NA was the one to 'bite'. Judith and I had an argument last night about > FA and it was almost closed down (time, money, effort, etc.) There's so much > that I want to do, so much to keep doing and so much that's backlogged. A > cash flow to support myself and the community would help greatly and that's > basically what NA has offered (I have to nail it down, but....) It's all > bound together. I'm sticking with the 'sure thing' at the moment, but.... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
