At 05:57 PM 5/10/2001 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>At Thu, 10 May 2001 17:51:38 -0700, Greg Broiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >At 03:39 PM 5/10/2001 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >>It boggles my mind that there is STILL no multi-platform secure instant
> >>messaging application that I can install without running an obscure
> >>form of Linux or installing (at the expense of every working application
> >>currently on my machine) Python or some crap like that?
>
> >Seems like a good next step, if you can't code this yourself, is to
> >express your interest in concrete terms, e.g., money.
> >How much are you prepared to pay for a set of specifications for this
> >software?
>
>$50.00 which is exactly $50.00 more than anyone paid for Gale.
I'm having a hard time making sense of your low valuation for specs for
this software with the degree of frustration and astonishment you're
expressing about its absence in the marketplace. Why would anyone else
value it more than you do? You seem to think it's worth somewhere between
.5 and 3 hours of an ordinary adult wage for a reasonably skilled or
educated person. How much software do you think can be written in that time
frame, especially if the developer doesn't use a friendly scripting
language like Python or some crap like that, or a relatively
network-friendly OS like Linux or one of the BSD's?
If this really is a big problem, why isn't it worth more? If it's not a big
problem, then I guess that's why nobody's solved it.
If you're looking for a way to convert 500 people's desire to expend one
hour each on this project into a desire on the part of one person to spend
500 hours on this project, perhaps you're looking for a contract programmer
but don't know it yet.
Or maybe this is still at the "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedez-Benz?"
stage.
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Greg Broiles
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"Organized crime is the price we pay for organization." -- Raymond Chandler
