Actually, my time estimate for the design/planning/etc was for 4-6 weeks. Of course, I was talking about my own cost... I wouldn't work on someone else's stuff for that rate. :)
-David On Mar 22, 2010, at 3:40 PM, BJ Freeman wrote: > I back David on the costs. > just to give an idea, my rate is lower than Davids and $10K is about 3 > man weeks. > > in projects I have been involved in from concept to finish is about > $170-450K > > ========================= > BJ Freeman > http://bjfreeman.elance.com > Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation > <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93> > Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> > > Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist > > Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man > Linkedin > <http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro> > > > David E Jones sent the following on 3/22/2010 2:31 PM: >> This probably isn't going to sound very good, but $10k is about what I was >> estimating for my own cost to do what would be needed for development to >> begin (ie finish the design, review it with whoever will offer feedback, do >> a round or two of updates to the design, then task out the implementation). >> Once I scoped out about what just that would involve I gave up, it's a >> little more than I can take on (I guess I'm not _that_ interested in it... >> ;) ). >> >> Of course, this could be done differently and people could bid on both the >> design and development of various pages, basically proposing each page as >> part of the bid (since there is only kind of a master list, and it's not >> complete). That might result in a more fragmented overall application, but >> if there is consistent enough review it doesn't have to be that way. >> >> BTW, about the enthusiasm... I think it was more for the results and the >> general idea than for the work to design and build the thing. Maybe also >> there was a misunderstanding that I would be doing everything and it would >> magically appear over time, and yes that would be exciting! >> >> -David >> >> >> On Mar 19, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Matt Warnock wrote: >> >>> I will match his $5000. >>> >>> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 09:56 -0800, ScottA wrote: >>>> David, >>>> >>>> If it makes a difference, I would be willing to pledge $5000 right now to >>>> get this effort started. Are there any others out there that would pledge >>>> either in money or time to push this along? Perhaps there are others who >>>> have already implemented something like this who could contribute the code >>>> back to the community? If so, please post on this thread. >>>> >>>> Like I said earlier, there was so much enthusiasm when David first >>>> suggested >>>> this. What happened? >> >> > >
