OK, I see my comments have prompted a reaction... that's good as it shows there are good people reading this thread and who are interested in the topic.
@Mastersite: you make some good points, but I feel you are also missing some too. I am not a coder or developer and so the only time I would be putting into this would be the promotion and marketing of any eventual software. I could and would however, be putting possibly a lot of money into this. If the functionality I funded ended up as a vBulletin product I would most certainloy see that as funding vBulletin/Jellsoft. I don't for one minute think Jellsoft would give me anything back in return for this and so why should I do it for nothing. However, in the main this isn't the point, what is the point is the fact that I would be making a small investment and funding the development of this project, and that alone is enough to justify making a small charge for any subsequent product.
I also agree with you when you suggest that if you all put a little money into this project everyone would help. OK, so how would that work then...? where would you send this 'little amount of money'...? who would sent it...? who would you send it to...? the developer??? nonsense... You are somewhat contradicting yourself here by saying this as it is exactly the same as I would be asking for if I were to fund it.
Besides, I could go to another 'Coder / Developer Recruitement' sites, or even find several through my profession and daily work. I have the user requirements already, and could then write a functional / design specification, get a quote from one of the design teams and contract with them to implement the solution. I would then have a product that I had funded, ready for promotion and marketing without having used anything or anyone from here. That's business my friend, simple as. My money... my funding... my risk...
@3z3k3l: I am still more than happy to fund such a project if there is a coder out there able and willing to develop it - if there is all they need do is just get in touch.
This also adds to another thread I have posted in either on here or vB.com that discusses Jellsoft releasing a product development schedule for vB. It would most certainly help the development community if they were to do this, and would also allow investors and backers to assess the business risk in significantly more detail - before investing in and funding such development projects.
04-02-2006, 06:26 AM
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