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Robert James Liguori <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:17:50 -0800 (PST)
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=0A=0AThere would still be free plugins...=A0=A0 I've been in the open sour=
ce space for many years, so I understand that you get what you get and most=
 of the developers are donating there time and energy... So this model shou=
ldn't change, so we can keep getting free stuff like the fun Dilbert plugin=
. :)=A0 Also, many developers wouldn't mind an unpolished plugin that they =
could tweek or refine if it meets their initial goals.=A0 =0A=0A=0ABut the =
commercial model would be very different... though similar to the Apple mod=
el.... that is, I can get thousands of apps for purchase on the iPhone, iPa=
d, etc.... and because of the model, I can have a high degree of confidence=
 that the quality will be there and that things will work.=0A=0AI guess eve=
ryone would need to realize that the free plugins are as-is, but the commer=
cial ones would fall under a very different model... and yes, different lev=
els of testing and controls may be required... but hey, related support too=
ls could also come through the commercial channel by plugin developers. :) =
=0A=0A=0A-- Robert
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re would still be free plugins...&nbsp;&nbsp; I've been in the open source =
space for many years, so I understand that you get what you get and most of=
 the developers are donating there time and energy... So this model shouldn=
't change, so we can keep getting free stuff like the fun Dilbert plugin. :=
)&nbsp; Also, many developers wouldn't mind an unpolished plugin that they =
could tweek or refine if it meets their initial goals.&nbsp; <br></div><div=
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elvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: t=
ransparent; font-style: normal;">But the commercial model would be very dif=
ferent... though similar to the Apple model.... that is, I can get thousand=
s of apps for purchase on the iPhone, iPad, etc.... and because of the mode=
l, I can have a high degree of confidence that the quality will be there an=
d that things will work.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:=
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y: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; b=
ackground-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I guess everyone would
 need to realize that the free plugins are as-is, but the commercial ones w=
ould fall under a very different model... and yes, different levels of test=
ing and controls may be required... but hey, related support tools could al=
so come through the commercial channel by plugin developers. :) <br></div><=
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