Constellation

[Thomas McGrath III]

Not corny at all. I agree with you. The spirit of this list pushes me  
to help others as well. And that is rewarding in itself.

Tom

On Oct 21, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote:

> I am amazed when I see things that come into existence through a
> community-spirit motivation - it renews my faith in the core  
> goodness of
> humanity (forgive my corniness):)
>
> The two examples that stand out for me in this regard are this  
> list, and
> wikipedia.
>
> -----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 10:40 AM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: Constellation
>
> 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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