On Oct 18, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote:
I dont think you understood my point.
I understood your point. But I agree with kazar your reply, no matter what you intended, came across as condescending.
60 dls an hour is steep but perhaps you can shop around sites like odesk.com or elance.com and hire a java developer for much less (10dls an hour).
Getting your car fixed by an average auto dealership costs more than $60/hr. In the US the minimum for computer professionals (meaning everyone in the development cycle programmers, QA, documentation) generally makes at least $27.63/hr (USD). In fact that amount is written into the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). (BTW people might find it interesting to learn 'computer professionals' are hourly employees who are not eligible for overtime. Their pay need only reflect the number of hours worked each week paid at straight time only. Read this for more information <http://www.itstime.com/ may2006.htm>)
With 200 dls you might be able to have a feature like the one the original user asked. Maybe he can get a better rate once the developer is aware it will be open source and under LGPL3 an end up paying much less.
Not bloody likely.
But the point is not really the money, is what are you going to do about it.
Since most people choose OO.o over Sun's supported edition you have to assume that even $70 is a burden for them.
Raise money for your project with your local government and get a grant for science and technology to improve OOo is not such a bad Idea either, then u can hire many java developers or your local university and have a contest for $1000 dls bounty on FOSS.
Local governments in the US do not fund R&D. The have money for schools, road repair, snow removal, and stuff like that and little else.
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