Where should I pay?

[Derek Atkins]

linas at linas.org (Linas Vepstas) writes:

> > Derek could facilitate this by adding a Consultants contact list on
> > gnucash.org.

Unfortunately I cannot -- I don't have write-access to the website..

> Thanks  for the thought, and if Derek wants to be listed as a
> consultant, I'll let  him ask me.   Other than a chosen few, I would

Sure, feel free to add me to the list, Linas.  Thanks! ;)

> not want to list any 'consultants' unless they can show some sort 
> of track-record for running that kind of business, and some prior
> experience developing for gnucash.  Given what I know, I'd venture
> to say this list is very short.
> 
> My breif experience as a gnucash 'consultant' is that 
> 1) there are very very very few requests.
> 2) most casual requestors keel over & die when quoted a price.
>    For the cost of paying a us/european based developer to add
>    some feature to gnucash, you can buy a full-fledged, feature-rich
>    prioreitary app.  Most business people will figure this out.
> 3) One casual requestor who *was* willing to pony up that kind of
>    money seemed to want to farm out the work to developers in 
>    India, because of the perceived cost savings, and use me as 
>    an architect/patch maintainera. 
> 
> I guess I'm saying I don't want to condone some kind of activity
> where some unknown person promises to add feature X to gnucash
> for $500 and disappears with the money.  This benefits no one.

Unfortunately I have to agree with you, here. I just dont see the
market here, although if some company wants to pay me to work on
some feature I certainly wont turn them down (if I have the time
and/or the price is right).

> --linas

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