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| saint:
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| digitaldj:
You know i was letting him get to me a little but when i stop and think about it i'm just setting here laughing my butt off now. :laugh2: I will just take care of the situation in a more professional manner. I'm better than this anyway! Jukeman |
| Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: headkaze on October 24, 2006, 03:28:05 am ---Howard I really hope your not opening another can of worms on this one. The fact is about having a nag screen to encourage donations has NOTHING to do with the Mame developers and the hard work they put into Mame. Nor has it ANYTHING to do with the coders who write the emulators. People should donate money to these people first if they use these emulators. Period. There is enough room in this place to have people donate to all the people who contribute down the line and including the people devoting time to write software for a FE, and I'm a little disappointed that you would say this Howard as you of all people should know the hard work that goes into writing one. Noone is comparing writing a FE to an emulator, and it's rediculous to say that asking a registration fee for a FE somehow is riding the emulator coders success or taking advantage of their hard work. Like I said clearly in Youki's thread is that all this work by the emulator coders dosn't take away the hard work done by FE authors. It now comes down to choice. Either you want to ask for donations, nag for donations, or make your FE commercial, it's up to you. As it is with Emulator authors, it's all about choice. Just because you decide to make your software free, free, free, don't bloody knock other people who have real lives, and expenses devoted to the software when registration helps out. Stop bloody knocking other peoples ways of doing things. Lets not start another thread like this for Gods sake. --- End quote --- It's as simple as this... if you have to be paid to do something that is supposed to be a hobby... well you shouldn't be doing it. I don't want a "product" I want a lovenly made by hand "baby". When you start putting money into the equation then it becomes a product, which this world has more than enough of already. And you hit the nail right on the head, I do know very well what is involved, which is why I think my opinion carries a great deal of weight, more so than somene who has never released a fe before. Of course people have the right to do whatever they want with their product, but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to be disappointed in them for taking advantage of mame's success. Programming is free, it only costs time, so there really isn't any excuse to charge for a piece of software other than wanting to make money from it. I have no problems with donations, but if you have to donate to remove a nag screen then it isn't exactly a donation now is it? That's what we call shareware, call it like it is. And it is very mature and upstanding of you to accuse me of not having a life. People only resort to personal insults when their side of the argument doesn't have a leg to stand on. I used to have the upmost respect for you but I can't stand a person that starts stamping his foot and starting a name-calling session just because they didn't care for someone's opinion. |
| digitaldj:
Come on guys this has gotten way out of hand! When it becomes personal that is way to much. We have to realize personal opinions is what makes a different, if we all agreed on the same thing imagine what this world would be like. Let's remember why the post was started and why we are all here. I think we all have something to contribute and together we can make some pretty good teams. Let's not let this end up like a chat room! I know for some reason Randy and i have gotten off on the wrong foot and i am willing to end it all if he is. This negativity is not going to get us anywhere but leaving the forum. It's the same with me when i voiced my opinion and findings with l.e.d. lighting, i know what works for me and my project will be the proof of my work. I am not competing with anyone or trying to take anyones business i don't have time for it. If all that ever happens with my projects and no one else is interested in building and using what i have done then that's fine by me. If people need help i will help if they don't ask then that is fine also. Cheers! Kevin/Jukeman |
| Howard_Casto:
Agreed.. Did you look into a color organ? |
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