This is very close to the RansomWare idea: On 27 Oct 2005, at 13:39, Dave LeYanna wrote:
I think you might be interested in an idea that a company I buy from uses to get support for product development. The company produces titles for the "Libronix" ebook system. They employ a "community pricing" scheme to get support for production costs when adding a new title. Basically people tell them that they would be willing to pay for the product and when they have enough support to cover the costs they go into development and at the end of production those that had placed their bid get it "at cost" while anyone else will need to pay "retail" and the company just keeps building their catalog without having to risk direct investment. I could see this working very nicely.
For me RansomWare requires too much commitment while the "promise to buy" strategy obove a little too weak - both good. Using a currency that you can use to get services from other developers but that doesn't cost you real cash is an interesting middle ground.
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