Oh Dear, I did upset some people with my comments. Others were rather
rude and vindictive but it is in their nature if you know the animal. Fortunately
Blogs can be edited at will and derogative comments can be deleted.
What I really needed to say was that the Beer night was a great success.
It was with trepidation that I attended expecting clicky circles
and anoraks. However, what I found was a great bunch of guys that
I hope I did not alienate. I was just a little more enthusiastic
than they were used to.
A news article was published a while ago on one of the Domino
Blogs that caught my attention.
It was a great idea and we should do it again soon.
I hope we will meet up again soon to discuss some ideas I threw around.
For those of you not using the OpenNTF mail template here
is the link. Use it!
I will add more one day
Comment posted by Dragon Cotterill05/07/2003 11:28:57
Homepage: http://www.dragon.anime.org.uk
Don't like sharing? Thats not the point. Sharing code does not make money. OpenSource is all very well but all you get is a brief mention of thanks on somebodies webpage (if you're lucky). It warms the heart, but it doesn't warm the belly. If you can prove that we can make money by sharing then write a business plan as Steve suggested, and share that with us.
Comment posted by vince05/07/2003 11:28:57
Homepage: www.openntf.org
You look at this as a bussiness man, not as a developer, but keeping this in mind i tend to agree with you. Although people (at openntf) develop these projects just because they like the product and what you can do with it, i don't think think anybody will object to getting their product "commercialized". It needs a different approach on the whole OpenNTF concept though. Thanks for the hint, i'll discuss this with me mates :).