Cooperative markets

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael [mailto:mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 10:01 PM
> To: Jonathan Hutchins
> Cc: 'kclug at kclug.org'
> Subject: Re: Cooperative markets
> 
> 
> Ever tried it? I release all my code as opensource and 
> support it fairly
> well but the pay from doing so isn't exactly great. People with money
> don't know who to pay to get their open source code. You need 
> something in
> a glossy box or in a brochure if you want a decent income.
Strange, none of our code is in any kind of shiny box. I make a fair
living.
The custom code we write for companies isn't open source, but they get
they
code if they want it. All that crap about people not wanting to pay for
opensource
is just that, crap. It is your average Joe and Jane user who don't want
to pay.
Granted some companies don't get the source code, but if the company has
programmers,
they usually get a company to do the contract work to write the code,
get some
documentation, and maybe some training on the use of it. Then the code
is more or less 
supported in-house. Then there are those companies that out-source all
of it. If you're
not making a decent living at it then maybe you need to get an effective
sales and
contract team.

Brian