Alejandro, Being half Italian and half Spanish and a first generation American, who majored in psychology, with a minor in philosophy, I don't see the "ethics" issue. As the Italian half of my ancestry would say (in America), "It's not personal, it's just business." :-)
Aloha from Hawaii, Jim Bufalini > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:use-revolution- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Alejandro Tejada > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 6:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ethics... and the lack of it. > > > Hi Bill, > > > William Marriott wrote: > > > > Alejandro, > > So let me be sure I have this right: > > 1) You wrote some software over time > > > > No, it's not me who wrote this software. > This "What-if-scenario" arised from a conversation > with software developers that use other platforms. > > > William Marriott wrote: > > > > 2) The client decides to appraise the value of it, so he puts it out > to > > bid > > 3) And intends to use the highest bid to "declare" the value of the > > software > > > > Yes, this is correct. > > > William Marriott wrote: > > > > I suppose it all depends on what the meaning and context of "declare" > is. > > > > For example: If I pay someone $10,000 to build a deck on my house, > but it > > actually increases the value of the house by $50,000 somehow, then > that > > would probably be a legitimate thing to do, if I was preparing to > sell the > > house or accurately determine the property taxes due. Is he selling > his > > business? > > > > Perhaps the client is trying to make a decision about the value of > using a > > Rev-based solution (which may have lower development costs, but fewer > > people > > who know Rev well enough to maintain it) versus one that based on a > more > > widely known tool (which may be more expensive to develop, but gives > him > > greater flexibility choosing a developer). > > > > Where do you see the ethical dilemma? Is it that he is using the > highest > > bid > > to determine the value, versus the average bid, or the actual amount > paid? > > Each method could be appropriate in differing circumstances. Of > course it > > could also be mis-used. > > > > One possibility is that client act in this way because him does not > know > how much this software is worth, and look for others opinion to learn > about the actual value of their software. > > > William Marriott wrote: > > > > Personally, I'd be interested in what he comes up with. This way you > could > > market yourself to other clients saying, "I developed a solution for > $W in > > X > > amount of time that could well have cost my client up to $Y and taken > Z > > amount of time!" > > > > This would be great, if this were my own case. > But, who knows... Maybe in a future it could be ;-) > > Alejandro > > > -- > View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Ethics-and-the-lack- > of-it-tp931785p932773.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
