1. It is different because this is for an open source community project. 2. Who cares if it is different? If someone is willing to donate their time to build an Ebay type application for free or provide a design for a site then power to them. It is their time and their life.
3. It is my opinion that you came across as trying to set the bar for what should and should not be supported on this list. To me should be an individual decision. The support this community provides is one of the things that sets ColdFusion apart to me. I've never been involved in a community of people so willing to help each other and on an ongoing long term basis. I have been part of this community for about 6 years and have seen the many of the same people here the entire time. It amazes me that people like Ray Camden, Sean Corfield, Ben Forta, David Watts, and a host of others spend time here helping programmers of all skill level. I still remember the first time Ben answered a question I posted. I was like dude, Forta answered my question! The guy that wrote the book! Although I was impressed by some of the big names, I've always been just as appreciative no matter who provided the help. I've had questions answered that I would have had to pay someone for if not for the support here. So should we all stop helping each other because we could charge each other as consultants? I wonder how much business the folks at FigLeaf have gotten because of their pro bono support of this list? I know I've hired them. Had it not been for their help here they wouldn't have gotten that contract. PS. Dave you still need to bill me. Andy Matthews wrote: > One last thing. > > Since most of you disagree with me (and that's totally fine), at what point > do YOU think it's a bad idea? Just a few days ago, someone was asking for a > really elaborate piece of coding for a site and people thought that was > ridiculous that someone would ask that. > > In what way is this different? Sandra isn't asking someone to come up with a > design that she will use. She's asking many people to come up with designs > that they might pick one (what if none of them are good enough?). The rest > of the people are basically out of luck. They don't get any recognition or > compensation for their time. > > > andy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
