Re: Zend hit (Encoder price)

Hi Sander! On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Sander Pilon wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > What do you think about Zend position? > > http://php.weblogs.com/ > > > > http://zend.com/phorum/read.php?num=3&id=6277&loc=0&thread=6277 > > > > I think that if Zend wants to sell it for $6000, then they have all right > to. These guys have worked hard, and they deserve some cash for it. > > If people can't afford it at $6000, then that's their problem. Software is > intellectual property, it shouldn't be free, and authors should be able to > charge any price for it they want to charge for it. > > But, I don't think it's a wise decision to sell it at $6000, personally I > think I would sell it between $1000 and $4000, but that's just me. ($6000 is > a bit on the high side, considering what alternatives one haves for that > price, and considering that anyone who paid $1000 a year back (I recall > something about 'sponsoring') gets it all.) > Also, there are Perl,Python,Java. All have `encoders', all free. ain't it cool when you have choices :) -- teodor