Mark Norton;148618 Wrote: > What's interesting about all of this is that there seems to be general > agreement that Sean deserves his $20m but that the team of developers > who have played a huge role in getting SD where they are deserve > nothing at all - aside perhaps from a free SB and continued rights to > software which may or may not have a continuing life in the Logitech > world. > > Sure, there's the element of developing your skills and doing what you > enjoy, but I strongly believe that people who deliver value should be > paid for it.
SD's revenues come from the sale of hardware devices. Altho s/w is obviously a component in making the h/w function, the sales price of the SB1/2/3/TP includes development costs of _both_ h/w & s/w. If SD had indeed developed their product with closed source code, then they would have shouldered the employee costs of s/w development, which would have been passed along to the buyer by virtue of a higher sales price. I think the benefit, in this instance, of open source code has been provided to all of its customers here to date - clearly, the price for their product is VERY reasonable, especially in comparison to the high end audio market (my $249 wired SB3 replaced a $4K Meridian CDP). Of course, the branding and name recognition has accrued to SD, allowing them to sell more product, increase the market value of the company to LT, etc. However, this is not to suggest that they should not reap the benefits of a sale to LT. Additionally, those who choose to participate in open source code development are under no obligation to do so, are fully informed as to what their compensation is to be and should have no expectation of benefit from the sale of the company. Much the same that the Good Samaritan provides services irrespective of any promise of payment. -- MeridianMan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MeridianMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2894 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28873 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
