Author: Uri Blass
Date: 17:55:07 08/24/04
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On August 24, 2004 at 19:55:22, Steve B wrote: >> >>I see no reason to pay for the site if there are other people who agree to >>support the site on voluntary basis. >> >>In the worst case if this site is closed it may be still possible to find later >>people to support this site or equivalent site for money so I see no reason to >>hurry to pay money when it is not clear if it is necessary. > >and i disagree >you see what happens when someone assumes the responsibility to maintain some >thing for free >we get a search engine that has been down for 3 months because the person >maintaining it had a conflict with the engine and personal needs No big problem. There was more than one person that suggested to help so even if one is going to have a personal problems then we probably find another person who is going to help. > > >if the site is to be maintained with the proper moderation and at the high level >of content and reliability we have all come to expect then there must be some >financial interest to the individual responsible for maintaining the site. > >we are not talking about thousands or even hundreds of dollars in membership >fees here. >i imagine a number less then $100 or even $75 per annum would be all Steve >needed > >it always amazes me how the people who take the most advantage of something when >it is free are the first to jump ship when they have to dig alittle in their >pockets > >Steve I think that you do not get it. I am not sure if I am going to continue to post here if I need to pay for it. A lot of my posts are for other people and I answer questions of other people. I got in the past answer for programming questions in the winboard forum and if I have an alternative to get information without paying money for it then I prefer it. Uri
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