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squirrellydw:

--- Quote from: youki on January 17, 2006, 06:15:23 pm ---Just my 2cts!  :)

I don't like the idea to try to force somebody to pay by displaying a nagscreen.

And have to pay for a Front End is something that hurts me.  A FrontEnd exists because there are emulators. So being paid for a front end  is ,from my point of view, like have profit of others work without deserving it.
I could understand to have to pay for an emulator but not for a Front end.

In addition skills required to make a Front end are far lower than skills required to make an emulator.  A Front end just display a list, few images or video and run an emulators , it consume time to do but it is not so hard at all.

Donation are great, if user likes your work it is a way to encourage you to continue. But try to "force" the donation i don't like the idea.

But the more motivating for me , is to have more and more users which appreciate my work. 

That was my 2cts!  :)


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I agree 100%  MAME is free so I think everything that has to do it should be free also.  If you want to donate to the people that put the hard work into it fine but don't force people to.  I honestly think that we should boycot gameEX for this reason.  He has probably had more donations for his frontend then MAME has ever received.

Let the rants begin  :)

markrvp:

--- Quote from: squirrellydw on January 20, 2006, 08:30:23 pm ---I agree 100%  MAME is free so I think everything that has to do it should be free also.
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Try convincing Microsoft that their operating systems should be free because MAME runs on them and MAME is a free project.  Maybe AMD and Intel should stop charging for processors because MAME uses processors to run free games.  Tell MAME Marquees that they should provide marquees for free because MAME is a free project.  Tell Happ controls that joysticks should be free because it's hard to play your free MAME games on your arcade cabinet without the proper arcade controls.

That was really an ignorant argument.

divemaster127:
here, here

squirrellydw:

--- Quote from: markrvp on January 20, 2006, 09:10:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: squirrellydw on January 20, 2006, 08:30:23 pm ---I agree 100%  MAME is free so I think everything that has to do it should be free also.
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Try convincing Microsoft that their operating systems should be free because MAME runs on them and MAME is a free project.  Maybe AMD and Intel should stop charging for processors because MAME uses processors to run free games.  Tell MAME Marquees that they should provide marquees for free because MAME is a free project.  Tell Happ controls that joysticks should be free because it's hard to play your free MAME games on your arcade cabinet without the proper arcade controls.

That was really an ignorant argument.

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umm no, if he wants to sell his software fine, but do it in two parts.  The frontend for MAME should be free, if users want to use the other features charge for that part.  Happ and MAME marquees have a legitimate business beside MAME.  I hate seeing people use others hard work for there profit and that is what he is doing IMHO.

tspeirs:
I have a legitamte business too and it aint making anywhere near those other companies.

Your free to boycott it, I don't see I am doing anything illegal, immoral or unethical.

The majority of all MAME related features are free in older versions. When I say older that's newer than most of avaiable front ends where last updated.

You know, GameEx aint the only front end, but it has by far been the most expensive to create, maintain and improve, in addition had the most time dedicated to it.

If you dont like GameEx, dont use it, I dont care about your opinion that anything slightly involved with something that is free should be free to. Its a little immature, and not how civilisation works. I'ts not making me rich. I do it because I enjoy it. I have proof of the finances, but my bank statement is none of your business.

By the way if you think I had utter contempt, do you think I'd post here, even care (and just want money), or had spent 6 hours and also $120 dollars today on the project Today alone??

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