I've read this thread over, start to finish... Andy, I don't know how to tell you this, but you're a massive hypocrite. Entering contests that you declare to be a bad idea and then rationalizing it? Where are you standards, man? Where are your ethics?
I choose to believe that you're well-meaning here... but you're holding Ray a different standard than everyone else in one post, in another you're lumping him into the rest of it, and in yet another you're admitting that you've participated in his contests!!! Make up your mind! Also, nobody from Team Fusebox makes any money off Fusebox, so if you do something for the framework, don't expect to make anything off any of it... if you HAPPEN to score a ticket, be a happy camper, say thanks, and join the rest of us in working for somethingn big to support the community. For. Free. The contest is an INCENTIVE, not profit. You MIGHT get something, so do something or not, but help? And if you need a ticket to a conference and can't afford one/don't have an employer to pay for one, then try it... see if it works out for you. Anway, while I choose to believe you're well-meaning here, you're also blatantly fully of crap and slinging garbage around the community. This is a subject fully covered by free will, free markets and free minds... if you don't like it, don't do it. Granted, you're fully entitled by the laws of your country to whine as you have. Your freedom to espouse bulls***t is the same freedom enjoyed by those of us that are involved with Fusebox and able to put on a contest. A community contest. One that allows people to be creative and helpful at the same time. And, possibly, get some free tickets out of it. Can you afford to pay for these 3 tickets on your own? Do you think you might benefit from attending? Well, if the answer is no and yes, you might enter. You MIGHT win. You might NOT. That's the risk and the reward of *contest* and, frankly, your repeated assertion that you have to do work with no guarantee of winning is something you accept when you participate in a CONTEST. You might run a race. You might win. You might not. Better to stay sitting down. Your whole rationale is circular, capricious, selective and, really... Stupid. Sorry. It's the only word I can come up with. The thing you lack is community spirit. The thing you have is overriding self-interest. You have them backwards... get with the groove, relax, have some fun. Or dont. Up to you. Give the rest of us, though, a break. Thanks. >With respect to the organizers of this contest, to Fusebox, and to you >Sandra...this is a poor idea. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269373 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
