On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 13:01, pavel wrote: > Hi, > > In previous email Henning offered to make the sample app if there was a > sponsor. Well, what do you think about charging users a little money for > documentation.
Absolutely not. I would raise money to pay someone to do the documentation but I would never charge users for documentation. Good documentation costs money in some form or another. But I think it's insidious to give away the code and then charge for documentation. I find the idea repulsive. > Open source such as JFreeChart or JBoss charge $40 or $90 for > detailed documentation. TDK saved our company definitely more than $100 and > would have saved more if there was a good documentation. I would rather raise money and pay someone like Pete Kazmier who has written the best Turbine-related documentation I've seen to date. > So, what I am thinking is that somebody would create the > documentation/sample app and then when it is finished Turbine would start > charging users and the developer could get paid. So it would not be money > upfront or during but after. > > Definittely our company would have no problem to pay some money for good > documentation/sample app. > > This approach may not comply with the rules in this comunity. If it does not > I am sorry. Just trying to help. No problem, I just think there are other ways to do it. I don't like the idea of charging users for documentation. > With regards, > > Pavel Kusch > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
