Douglas Brown wrote: > I know this is not the place for this, but I just have to ask this > question of the community. What is the benefit of developing a > commercial grade application and then giving that application away for > free?
You get 3 geek points ;) > I see message boards out there where people have obviously spent > hours and hours of development time and effort, just to turn around and > give the thing away. Is this type of mentality not hurting the > development community? No, the more free components are available the more chance that when some customer says "I want that" it turns out to be CF so the customer says "In that case do everything in CF". > I understand that a message board is not that > huge of a deal, but some people are trying to make a living developing > such items. Is it not more beneficial to design a product and sale it > for the going rate of such an application? For certain individuals I believe you are right. But for the community as a whole I disagree. The free messageboards and components are a good way of luring people into CF. Jochem ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
