Which one was the rational one? I missed it :D On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected]>wrote:
> > The "overcharging customers" comment was more a reflection on the > feelings that the $300 cost has generated, rather than a comment > on actual intent or behavior. > > We've all been trying to have two arguments simultaneously...one > rational and one subjective. Tough to do... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Nathanson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:57 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: RE: ColdFusion Builder Released! > > > Strictly speaking, there's no such thing as "overcharging customers." If > you think it costs too much, you don't buy it, or you find a cheaper > product. That's how the free market works. > > There are some exceptions to this, for example in the realm of health care, > where you may need a prescription drug to stay alive. But software > definitely is not one of the exceptions. > > -- Josh > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 2:50 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: RE: ColdFusion Builder Released! > > > And that's all well and good. If I could develop a plug-in for Eclipse, > I'd try to sell it. Making money is *not* evil. Overcharging customers > (which > is the underlying issue driving people's comments, I believe) is... > > I hope Adobe had to pay a hefty licensing fee to the Eclipse Foundation > to build on the platform...that would be great, to see Adobe contributing > something to the community that feeds them... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:25 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: ColdFusion Builder Released! > > > As just an FYI, I believe commercial products on Eclipse are part of their > plan: > > http://www.eclipse.org/org/ > "A unique aspect of the Eclipse community and the role of the Eclipse > Foundation is the active marketing and promotion of Eclipse projects > and wider Eclipse ecosystem. A healthy vibrant ecosystem that extends > beyond the Eclipse open source community to include things like > commercial products based on Eclipse, other open source projects using > Eclipse, training and services providers, magazines and online > portals, books, etc, are all key to the success of the Eclipse > community." > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> wrote: > > By this argument it means no one could charge for Eclipse plugins. > > There are quite a few very decent, very well done Eclipse plugins that > > are not free. Shoot, by this argument no one should sell work they > > develop on Railo, since Railo is free. I'm sure you didn't imply that, > > but I think it is great the Eclipse plugin allows for this type of > > market. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:332055 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
