For the record, my "tip a programmer" thing was almost pure sarcasm. I find this discussion to be amusing by the level of absurdity in it.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:57 AM, ramsesoriginal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so first, i also would like to see 400$ instead of 399$, because > it's simply a matter of being honest. How is Openmoko charging $399 dishonest? Do you REALLY believe there are people on the planet who are such consumer sheep that they'd part with $399 but would be able to "resist" a $400 product? I could PERHAPS see your arguement if Openmoko's advertising said something like "Affordably priced under four-hundred dollars" I'd think that MIGHT (and even that hesitantly) be misleading. This hasn't been said. "The FreeRunner will ship from Openmoko.com at $399." is what was said, a simple statement of fact. In the end, the price is $399. If you want to pay that, cool. Do so. If you have a problem with that price, don't buy it. It is a decision EVERY potential buyer will have to make based on their own criteria. No human being can think for another. > > Then the bounty for code: i would rather see bountyes for bugfixes: > everyoen likes to implement new features, but nobody lieks maintaining > code. Another way of "Bounty for developers" that I really would like > is that the developers put there hoem adress somewhere in the wiki, > and then the user who like the feature can send him a postcard/thank > you card. A bit like Linus Torvalds originally made for Linux. That's > something that really would push me, as a developer, to do more. Maybe > it would help even more then a sporadic 5$ on my paypal account. > > And for the openmoko subscription/club/frequent buyers: This coul be a > really great idea. A yearly membership fee, but for three > recommendations you get it for free (so if I recommend the phone to > three people i get the membership for free), and members get access to > a membership card, a pouch and a special homepage, where they can > browse all openmoko community created products and maybe get a 10% > discount or something like that. And at the yearly OpenmokoCon (and we > sure are going to make it, aren't we?) the members get reserved places > at the talks :D > > Jsut my two EuroCents > > -- > My corner of the web: http://blog.ramsesoriginal.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
