[The Geek]

I am unsure of the last time I have seen so much ignorance crammed into a single post.

Let me try to sum up a viewpoint as I am someone who has contributed a bunch of mods (big and small) to vB for free and some big ones that I charged for.

1. Most mods are FARRRRR more complex now adays then pre 3.5.
2. Complexity takes time, talent and dedication to create and even more so to support
3. If you expect me to spend months developing an add on for you and support it for you and not charge you for it, then I expect you to come mow my lawn once a week, take out my garbage and occasionally babysit my kids for free.

Coding takes time to do and even more time to develop the skill. No commercial moders are driving new Ferrari's from their scriptlets and why I should be your +++++ for nothing is beyond me.

One commercial script I wrote had well over 2,000 hours between coding and supporting it and I charged ?15 for it. That means that it cost you less than .01 per hour for my services. If I sold 1,000 then I made ?10 per hour (and 1,000 copies of a commercial mod is a lot to sell).

I could make about as much working at Burger King.

What about vBSEO? Who freaking cares if its a rip off, over priced or the owners just bought their own island. If they make money from it, good for them. Cost is relative to the purchaser. I use vBseo, I like the results I get form the product. Would I be happier if it was cheaper (or free) of course! But if the $200 was too much for me for the return of functionality, I wouldnt have bought it.

How many hours do you work for free at your job? I mean, what is with all of the employees now a days that wont work unless you pay them? What about overtime? FFS! If they work more than 40 hours in a week, I have to pay them even more! What is their problem????

Do you have adsense on your site, but tell Google to keep the money? You arent botherd? You are supporting the development of newer and better web technologies! You are alos providing service to your users!

Its ignorant, cheap, disrespecting, non contributing-to-the-pot welfare demanding posters like this that pretty much kill most professional coders desire to contribute anything to a community.

They are usually the first to skip reading any documentation, installation notes, or previous posts in a thread before wingeing about a problem.

Rant over