For more insight into this phenomenon read 'The Cathedral and the
Bazaar'
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/. its a great
starter
for people who want to get to know the mindset of those that give stuff
away. overall i think it is a good move to open your stuff up. and you
as a
programmer are so much better off that people have done that. think of
all
the code you have read that make you say 'damn thats good stuff' or
'that
guy is nuts, i can do that so much better'.
read on,
Alexander Sicular
Chief Technology Architect
Neurological Institute of New York
Columbia University
as867 [at] columbia {dot} edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:18 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: OT: Just wanna bitch
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? 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? 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? I am eager to hear what
everyones thoughts are on this subject. I would have posted to the
community list, but hardly anyone really reads it.
Doug Brown
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