[Wayne Luke]

Originally Posted by plubius

It was not eactly that i was addressing, Zachery. i think it is odd that we have vbulletin people here. Lord knows it cost us out the wazoo to buy a vbulletin, and now we have them here helping others to charge us more.

Each hour that the add-on developers spend on this forum costs them money. Their bills are not free. Maybe you live in an utopian society where you do not need to pay for clothing, housing, food, water, medical, school and other basic needs. However, most of us do not. We have to balance philantrophic issues such as supporting this site and making it available at no cost with other real world issues such as those listed above.

This is not about being greedy. It is how the real world works and not everything in life is free. I am sorry that some people continue to refuse to see this but that is the way it is. Either use the channels provided here for free and respect the add-on authors wishes or expect to pay money for what you want. This is the same economy that has been in effect on this planet for the last 10,000 years and I don't see it changing anytime soon.

I see expecting everything on the Internet to be free and for others to slave to your satisfaction as the ultimate expression of greed.

By the way, anyone who approaches me outside of normal vBulletin support channels (support system, vBulletin.com forums, and telephone support) usually gets the same PM from me. I don't need work to intrude on my other interests in life and my family 24 hours a day. As far as having vBulletin staff here, this site is owned and operated by Jelsoft as a community venture. It is maintained by volunteers but all the bills are paid by your license fees.