[Zope] Re: Pay or DIO

iap@y2fun.com iap@y2fun.com
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:09:31 +0800


Now has 2 would like to pay $100 / yearly
Iap, Singuan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heimo Laukkanen" <huima@fountainpark.org>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:16 AM
Subject: [Zope] Re: Pay or DIO


> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:44:51 +0100
> From: Milos Prudek <milos.prudek@tiscali.cz> To: zope@zope.org Subject: 
> Re: [Zope] Pay or DIO (Re: Quality vs. Quantity )
> 
>  >> Suppose it's $5 monthly for subscribing.
>  >> If there are 100 subscriber, Dieter got $500 monthly.
>  >
>  >Realistically it would be more like 10 subscribers. Believe me.
> 
> Mm.. could be, but as far as I am concerned, I would most likely pay for 
> example $100 / year for a good support list, where I would know that 
> there is a person dedicated for answering people's questions and this 
> way also updating somekind of knowledge pool.
> 
> The procedure could be something like this:
> 
> 1) People who use zope commercially would propably have no problem 
> coughing up $100 / year. Let's be overly optimsitic and say that there 
> would be 100 subscribers, which would make up $10 000 for Zope Corp.
> 
> 2) Zope corp. would then use this small amount of money to put someone's 
>   worktime into keeping up this list and updating answers into free 
> knowledgepool. Some of the questions posted to the list would propably 
> be found in the database, so the work would be copy & paste and some 
> minor editing. Also other persons on the list would contribute to the 
> problems posted by others - thus contributing more to the knowledgepool.
> 
> 3) Everyone outside this list, would be able to use the knowledgepool 
> free and this way also benefit from all the answers...
> 
> 
> Ok. This would only work - if there would actually be atleast those 100 
> users paying the small fee to help the cause. This would only work - if 
> that money would actually be used to have someone answer questions and 
> maintain some kind of better answer database.
> 
> Or am I just too idealistic? I wouldn't mind contibuting to this kind of 
>   thing financially if I would know that there are plenty of others too! 
> It means more help and money in long run also to me, if I can help Zope 
> become more popular and better product -- and get better help to my 
> problems.
> 
> -huima
> 
> 
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