The suggestion isn't aimed at someone with a $2m hole in their pocket, it's 
aimed at a person who has skills but is looking for a business idea.

$300 is an upfront payment, but a SaaS setup could charge for volume and 
high-volume customers would pay much more than $300.  I wouldn't mind being 
the 1st port of call for developers looking to send invoices out on app 
engine, just I'm a touch busy right now.

On Friday, August 31, 2012 10:26:45 AM UTC+2, Brandon Wirtz wrote:
>
> How many are you going to run? How much do you want to pay?
>
>  
>
> $300 once indicates I can’t make enough off of you to make it worth while… 
> Do you have 1000 friends?
>
>  
>
>  
>
> *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto:
> [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Richard Watson
> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2012 1:21 AM
> *To:* [email protected] <javascript:>
> *Subject:* Re: [google-appengine] Java PDF engines and licensing
>
>  
>
> I've toyed with a couple ideas, but I'd rather pay $300 once-off and reuse 
> much of the code I already have.  Someone should build an invoicing app on 
> GAE, expose via an api, get a callback with your newly generated PDF, pay X 
> money per PDF or month.
>
> On Friday, August 31, 2012 10:17:58 AM UTC+2, Brandon Wirtz wrote:
>
> Have you considered building an API to a Python PDF generator?  
> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pisa/3.0.27 should work on AppEngine. 
>
> You can even have a version in your App that is python if you want to 
> share quota. 
>
>  
>
>  
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> *On Behalf Of *Richard Watson
> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2012 1:04 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [google-appengine] Java PDF engines and licensing
>
>  
>
> I mailed iText about pricing and got the general price list. It's "are you 
> out of your fricken mind with these prices", basically.  I'll default to 
> PDFjet unless I hear from others about alternatives.
>
> On Friday, August 31, 2012 9:30:59 AM UTC+2, Brandon Wirtz wrote:
>
> If only there was an API for that in AppEngine… Something for Conversion 
> of PDF… What would they call that?
>
>  
>
> Makes you think maybe they didn’t price the tool correctly.
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