>I'm simply saying that this contest devalues the overall work product >because it expects that people would be willing to work towards a prize that >they might not win.
Hmm, and yet when companies put out for bids on design work, the applicants will have to offer up designs for free in an attempt to win the bid. And that's true of more than just design. And, yes, I know *some* companies will pay applicants to bid but most don't. So it's common business practice to ask people to "work for free" in order to win a prize (a business deal). I'm really surprised at how "up in arms" you are getting about a simple contest for an open source project. Several framework projects have asked people to design logos for free (Mach II recently adopted a new logo after a design contest; CFEclipse went thru a similar process some time back; Reactor ran a logo contest). Some of these projects have also held open contests for website design. Did you complain publicly about those as well? If not, why not? Is there something about the Fusebox project that upsets you more than those other projects? As for devaluing work - my experience has been the opposite. People I know who've submitted work for free to community projects (in a number of communities that I belong to) have all gone on to get *more* paying work because of their free community work! Sean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269347 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
