[REBOL] Re: Why Wiev is still claimed to be free??? (was) Re: Yes, REBOL/Core
From: kenneth:nwinet at: 23-May-2001 20:39
May I add my support for your comment with a true anecdote, Joanna?
> My personal grief (and disappoinment) in this issue is that this pricing
> get this tool quite impossible for me to sell it. I have no killer
> application to show any added value. No way to force-feed additional
> N*100USD cost to client (we are talking small business here N would be in
> single numbers on each company).
I have a friend that I'm very proud of that wrote an application a few years
ago. Other than putting up a website he's done no discernable selling of
his product. However, a number of resellers found his website and they are
selling his product. He went from $10k sales his first year to the
neighborhood of half a million this year. There was nothing particularly
special about his product other than the fact that is was well written and
feature rich. It's simply a restaurant point-of-sale software like hundreds
of others that have been written (well, really good POS s/w.) The point of
my story is that it is successful because others have picked up the ball and
run with it because they are motivated to do so. Money is a great
motivator. He sells it cheap to them and they make a lot of money in
return.
My point is it does not matter how wonderful Rebol is. It will die like a
lot of other wonderful things if it doesn't have the support of a motivated
community. Unless they plan on turning it into a religion, then money is
generally the motivator of choice (ok, wise guys, I left out power as a
motivator - on purpose.)
So it does not matter how great Rebol is. What matters is if RT can come up
with a business model that insures the success of the community that
supports them. They have to charge someone. Correct me if I'm wrong, but
it seems they've chosen to charge the communities customers directly, rather
than indirectly.
If so, here's an idea. Why not toss the saintly robes and dive right into
the pit of multilevel marketing. Rebol would seem to be a perfect way to
write an automated script perhaps with email notification -- "hey, you've
been added to our pyramid automatically. To see how much money you've got
coming, just click the link to our website." <click> "Type in your visa
number and the money will just start rolling in...."
Uh oh, too easy! Now we're all in trouble! ;)
