[consulting] Is this list dead?

[Victor Kane]

I do seem to be painting myself into a corner on a few of these points, and
neither a bible nor anything else should be the end of thinking on
anything....

the point I'm trying to make is:

"I have half a dozen sites running on Drupal and making money; if they were
running on Joomla they would not be making money, because the maintenance
would be too high and the hacking necessary to achieve the functionality
would be counter-productive".

Something like that.

Obviously, the best code in the world will "lose money" (not make it) if it
is not tied to a good business case. But the business case is only good if
Drupal or another decent framework is under the hood.

And that's the truth.

Victor Kane
http://awebfactory.com.ar

On 3/20/07, Sam Tresler <sam at treslervania.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Victor Kane wrote:
> > No!
> > What we want in the Drupal CVS is modules that have made people
> > financially successful! Not a dustbin for failures.
> >
> > I do understand that there is no negative correlation whatsoever between
> > business failure and quality of code. But there certainly is a positive
> > correlation going in the other direction.
> >
> > That is why the model needs to be discussed.
> >
> > My two cents worth, anyway,
> >
> > Victor Kane
> > http://awebfactory.com.ar
> >
> > On 3/20/07, *Morbus Iff* <morbus at disobey.com
> > <mailto:morbus at disobey.com>> wrote:
> >
> >      > I've never understood why these things are always discussed as
> one or
> >      > the other.  I personally like the clause in a business plan "We
> >     will be
> >      > releasing an open-source version after x # of new users
> joins"  or
> >      > "after x number of $"  Obviously, abide by the law if you plan on
> >     doing
> >      > that, whatever applies in your case.
> >
> >     /me nods. I've already decided that should It Fail or be Financially
> >     Unsustainable, then the code would be dropped into the Drupal CVS.
>
>
> A few things:
>
>         The Cathedral and the Bazaar is not a Bible.  Its a useful
> text.  The
> same as The Tipping Point, The Long Tail and half a hundred other good
> and useful texts.  Sure, it makes some good points, but it is not the
> end of all thought on the subject.
>
>         As long as no one is violating the license on the code, _they can
> do
> whatever the want with it_.  Free as in Freedom.  Trying to tell other
> people what they _should_ do with their code is nothing more than
> personal preference. I like to print mine out on napkins to serve at
> cocktail parties - they sell for a good price, and the backs are great
> for writing down phone numbers.
>
> "I do understand that there is no negative correlation whatsoever between
>   business failure and quality of code. But there certainly is a positive
>   correlation going in the other direction."
>
>         No - there isn't.  Theres is No Correlation between code and CVS
> and
> Financial anything.  Thats the point, neh?
>
>
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