On Thursday 07 December 2006 17:54, Luke Paireepinart wrote: > Dave S wrote: > > [snip explanation of program] > > Sounds really cool!
Its a bit niche - but cool > > > Sometime in January I have to give a presentation and I know one of the > > questions will be. "Its what we want but you are not a company, what if > > you leave ?" I need an answer,.. > > My understanding is that if it's GPL'ed, they can use it whether you > work there or not. > Is that not true? Sorry I did not mean that, the GPL thing is AOK > > > What am I asking ... If need be are any of you for hire ? > > Why would hiring someone else help in this situation? I work for national company, they are very interested in what I am doing, there is nothing else in the marketplace that does this, but they are used to dealing with large software company's. They will be concerned about using my app because I am one person. What if I get hit by a bus ! what if I leave ? what happens when a new version of controller comes out & new CSV rules need to be written - what would they do ? Its all GPL so no secrets, my guess is that if $$ was offered to the Python community someone would be willing to maintain the code but I am unsure of how it would actually work ? Is it a case of "hello, python programmer for hire ?" or is there an 'official' procedure that I can include in my presentation ? I would guess this is a common problem for GPL software being introduced into commercial settings (the whole support thing). (It appears that none of the company's IT professionals can program !) > > Dave > > > > PS it looks great, would love to post some pngs but it would violate the > > list rules :( > > You can just upload the PNGs to a free webhost and link us to them, like > Photobucket or Imageshack. > > I imagine people just don't want big attachments in their e-mail. If > you give them a link to the picture > then they only have to download it if they really want to see what it is. OK I will do my presentation then do that as a kind of thank you for all your help :) > > HTH, > -Luke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
