Re: [LIG] Open Source Community Hall of shame?
VaibhaV Sharma <vaibhav-Eu1RwsQd+Wna6/ykmkUfTgC/[email protected]>
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On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > On 13/03/06, VaibhaV Sharma <vaibhav-Eu1RwsQd+Wna6/ykmkUfTgC/[email protected]> wrote: >> One fine day, the site gets updated with various "hardware and >> services for sale" advertisements by the company that started the >> site and the site heading still says it is a "community website". On > > Well, running the site must be costing this company something. So why > not? With the evidence at hand, I find nothing wrong in the situation, > or anything to shame this company for. Why call it a community site to start with and then convert it to an online store and still call it a community website? Who gets the profit? Hosting is cheap these days. You get a decent hosting account for $30 per year. Selling that hardware gets the company much more than that. -- VaibhaV http://vsharma.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642