[phpug] Re: content mangement system (by now truly OT)

[phlux0r]

Hehe, OK, I should've been more specific on what I referred to when I said "You get what you pay for". It's nothing to do with Open Source as I'm a fervent supporter and user of Open Source. I merely referred to the fact that you can set up Cushy CMS within 15-30min meaning it's super cheap, and free to use but has a limited audience and application. Ie. you get what you pay for in that context - an ultra simple system. Hope that it's clear now :) R   Kent Parker wrote: I was merely voicing my disagreement with the point he was making which was this: Also, you get what you pay for. Actually, I would've thought that open source, once and for all, would have squashed that well rebutted one-time axiom. Let's stop treating it like a glib truism, because it's not. The assumption is that you pay nothing for Open Source. Well a developer might, but from the perspective of a client, it doesn't matter if the system is Open Source or proprietory, they still pay for it and the axiom is still true that you 'get what you pay for'. Dave states quite flatly that it is not true. I disagree. That's all there is to it. Open Source != Free On Jan 14, 3:06 pm, Gold <g...@evolved.net.nz> wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Kent Parker <k...@passingphase.co.nz> wrote: Dave appears to be unwittingly advertising his services for free. Open source is simply a different model in which you don't pay for the software itself, but you still pay for the implementation of it (except maybe in Dave's case where he does it for free). There is another axion:  Time is money.  For some clients it is more cost effective to pay someone to use free software to run a website for them than to learn the stuff and do it themselves.  It still costs them money regardless of whether the software is open source or proprietory. +1 'for you get what you pay for' +1 for 'time is money' I think you missed the point Dave was making.  Was that intentional? -- Regards Gold Evolved Development                                      +64 21 248-4653http://evolved.net.nz/                              g...@evolved.net.nz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to nzphpug@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---