Stop Me Before I Reply Again! Eric, your insights match the creativity of your work.
Back to radical pragmatism. Moodle is a great product. And the Plugin library is extensive and broken. Someone could swoop in and validate what works, repair what is broken and augment as needed. But no one is doing that. Because there is no incentive. Each plugin is represents a development island. Many are deserted because the original developer abandoned them. So there sit 400+ half baked cakes. The separation between what is and what could be is huge but there is no incentive mechanism to close it. I know TW is not Moodle. But you could even use TW (lack of) documentation as an example. Somebody could write a documentation book of TW and the plugin libraries. But then he would want to sell the book! For money! Pristine bob would be apoplectic! But I'm thinking there has to an incentive based win-win somewhere in this development environment apart from altruism and the need to stand in awe on the shoulders of giants. (Even Jeremy found that those motives don't pay the tax guy.) Best, Steve On Jan 10, 12:18 pm, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote: > > probably involve somebody making money but the open source model > > prevents that. > > The open source model doesn't prevent 'making money'... it just > separates the 'value proposition' from the deliverables... you get > paid for the value of your expertise, skills, and efforts, rather than > for the pattern of bits that remain when you are done. > > ... and it is possible to make an income from open-source code: for > example, I currently have a contract to provide TW consulting for a > startup venture that is developing a product that will incorporate TW > in an open-source manner, yet still be able to charge for the added > value provided by the commercial app and related online subscription > services. > > -e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
