On 2/9/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand that...but THOSE contests are bad practices as well. > > If you WANT to work for free then by all means you should do so. If you > believe in supporting the Fusebox group and their excellent codebase then > you should ALSO do so. But putting out a contest, asking people to work for > free is a bad idea, and not something that the community should support.
But wouldn't the only people who are work "for free" be those people who believe in supporting the Fusebox group and their excellent codebase? I think the contest is a perfectly fine idea. If people don't want to enter, nobody's twisting their arm. What the community should or should not support will likely be determined by...well, by the community. If nobody enters, nobody wanted to work for free and the community has spoken. But it could work the other way too. > Here's a list of articles discussing spec work and it's effects on the > design community. Bear in mind that this ALSO affects the programming > community. It basically devalues your work product. If you're willing to > work "for free" this time, then why should you be charging me $65 per hour > the next time. That's silly. It doesn't devalue my work if I choose to donate my work to a cause that I'm behind. If I got paid $50 an hour for my last job, and somebody come along and offers me $75 an hour for my next job, should I say, "no, no...i worked for $50 last time so why should i be charging you $75"? I should be charging whatever my going rate is whenever I choose to charge that rate. When I choose to donate my work, it's just that. A donation. I don't believe one affects the other. Lots of folks donated their time to building fusebox. I still think they deserve to make some money in the future in spite of that fact :) -- Charlie Griefer ================================================ "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269336 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
