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Robert James Liguori <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:17:50 -0800 (PST)
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--1590972032-233996268-1391138270=:2550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =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 --1590972032-233996268-1391138270=:2550 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:10pt"><div><br></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: = 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida= Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The= re would still be free plugins... 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. := ) Also, many developers wouldn't mind an unpolished plugin that they = could tweek or refine if it meets their initial goals. <br></div><div= style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Helvetica= Neue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style= =3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,H= 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:= 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucid= a Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><b= r></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-famil= 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><= div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Helvet= icaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background= -color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style=3D"color: rg= b(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue= ,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; f= ont-style: normal;">-- Robert<br></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); f= ont-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Ar= ial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: no= rmal;"><br></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sa= ns-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div></d= iv></body></html> --1590972032-233996268-1391138270=:2550--