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....<br><br>the point I'm trying to make is:<br><br>"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".
<br><br>Something like that.<br><br>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.
<br><br>And that's the truth.<br><br>Victor Kane<br><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sam Tresler</b> <<a href="mailto:sam@treslervania.com">
sam@treslervania.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><br>Victor Kane wrote:<br>> No!<br>> What we want in the Drupal CVS is modules that have made people
<br>> financially successful! Not a dustbin for failures.<br>><br>> I do understand that there is no negative correlation whatsoever between<br>> business failure and quality of code. But there certainly is a positive
<br>> correlation going in the other direction.<br>><br>> That is why the model needs to be discussed.<br>><br>> My two cents worth, anyway,<br>><br>> Victor Kane<br>> <a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">
http://awebfactory.com.ar</a><br>><br>> On 3/20/07, *Morbus Iff* <<a href="mailto:morbus@disobey.com">morbus@disobey.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:morbus@disobey.com">morbus@disobey.com</a>>> wrote:
<br>><br>> > I've never understood why these things are always discussed as one or<br>> > the other. I personally like the clause in a business plan "We<br>> will be<br>> > releasing an open-source version after x # of new users joins" or
<br>> > "after x number of $" Obviously, abide by the law if you plan on<br>> doing<br>> > that, whatever applies in your case.<br>><br>> /me nods. I've already decided that should It Fail or be Financially
<br>> Unsustainable, then the code would be dropped into the Drupal CVS.<br><br><br>A few things:<br><br> The Cathedral and the Bazaar is not a Bible. Its a useful text. The<br>same as The Tipping Point, The Long Tail and half a hundred other good
<br>and useful texts. Sure, it makes some good points, but it is not the<br>end of all thought on the subject.<br><br> As long as no one is violating the license on the code, _they can do<br>whatever the want with it_. Free as in Freedom. Trying to tell other
<br>people what they _should_ do with their code is nothing more than<br>personal preference. I like to print mine out on napkins to serve at<br>cocktail parties - they sell for a good price, and the backs are great<br>for writing down phone numbers.
<br><br>"I do understand that there is no negative correlation whatsoever between<br> business failure and quality of code. But there certainly is a positive<br> correlation going in the other direction."<br><br>
No - there isn't. Theres is No Correlation between code and CVS and<br>Financial anything. Thats the point, neh?<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>consulting mailing list<br><a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">
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