Author: Uri Blass
Date: 21:04:25 08/24/04
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On August 24, 2004 at 23:00:59, James Swafford wrote: >On August 24, 2004 at 19:55:22, Steve B wrote: > >> >>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 > >The only conflict is that the search engine has a nasty bug. >For that reason, and that reason only, the search engine was >brought down for a few weeks (not months) during business hours. > >> >> >>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. > >I disagree. You need the following: >0. a competent person* who cares about the service being provided >1. reasonable hardware >2. reliable and sufficient bandwidth >3. stable code > >* may be a volunteer > >> >>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 > >There are many people that provide services to the Internet >community with no monetary compensation. I've seen three >offers to host by individuals that strike me as highly competent >for the task (Peter,Jon,Sean). I see no reason that CCC can't >remain a free service. > > >-- >James Thanks I can add that there are moderated forums that I write in them and I never needed to pay a single dollar for the right to write. I see no reason that I am going to pay something and it is not a question of how much money I need to pay. I never payed for participating in discussions and I refuse to get used to do it when there is an alternative. If I pay today for posting in the forum then tommorow people may ask me to pay for the air that I breathe. It is natural that people do not like to pay money and if other people try to force posters to pay money then they can expect a strike of posters that will simply stop to write. The fact that posters enjoy writing in the forum does not mean that they cannot find a substitute by writing in other forums. Uri
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