Constellation

[Thomas McGrath III]

Jonathan,

Absolutely, That is why, even though I spent $1,200 on Director, I  
decided to switch to Revolution 'enterprise user'. I had spent time  
lurking on this list and after a while it hit me "Wow, These guys  
really care. They want to help people just like I do. They want to  
see people succeed in this endeavor."  I have not been disappointed  
since then. I was just sharing my fear that it 'could' happen here. I  
certainly hope it does not and I know I would not change.

This is the best list I have ever been on. The people are selfless  
and caring. I love it.


Tom

On Oct 21, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote:

> Surely, by now, you have found that Rev users are very willing to help
> each other out, free of charge?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Thomas
> McGrath III
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:24 AM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: Constellation
>
> Dennis,
>
> This sounds reasonable. I guess my 'fear' is that once 'everyone'
> says "Hey, I can sell this using this list as my source of customers"
> then this list and the attitude turns and starts to feel just like
> Director and it's lists. That is why I stopped developing in Director
> in the first place, not enough community support and 'greedy
> appearing' developers that won't share their time with newbies or
> with someone that is just struggling with a piece of code. (Not all
> Director developers are like this, but enough to make me switch to
> REV. Also, It is not guaranteed that this would happen here but it
> might.)
>
> P.S. I bought Constellation and the whole set of Gadgets. I only
> really wanted one part of it and was curious about productivity
> increase with the rest. (The video's actually sold me with the
> support from users on the list.)
>
> Tom
>
> On Oct 20, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Dennis Brown wrote:
>
>
>> However, I don't begrudge any developer, who has taken on the task
>> of producing a significant tool for development, a modest fee for
>> sharing it.  It takes a lot of work (and time away from paying
>> customers) to turn a personal tool into a product --and to support
>> it.  If every developer made a modest tool and shared it for a
>> modest fee, then it would be a break even proposition --the fees
>> received from other developers = the fees payed for other
>> developers tools.
>>
>>  I believe that the tools offered for sale in this community do not
>> actually pay back for the time and effort in their development.
>> The fee charged just insures that those who buy it, need it, and it
>> pays for their support.  I believe it is mostly a labor of love and
>> sharing, but a developer needs an incentive to rationalize the time
>> spent on a "product" with no initial paying customer.  There is
>> also a promotion of reputation in the process that is good for
>> getting future contract work.
>>
>
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