[–] karinato 8y ago ↗ 1) Developer launches crowdfunding for $720. 2) Crowdfunding fails, because nobody cares about or uses the software. 3) Developer throws a tantrum.Did I miss anything? Why is this Hacker News worthy? [–] aminoson 8y ago ↗ Funding and making free software sustainable has always been a top priority topic. Free software developers also need money like the rest of us. [–] karinato 8y ago ↗ Nobody forced him to become a free software developer or release his software for free. Bottom line: Even for free, nobody uses his software, that is why he is pissed off.
[–] aminoson 8y ago ↗ Funding and making free software sustainable has always been a top priority topic. Free software developers also need money like the rest of us. [–] karinato 8y ago ↗ Nobody forced him to become a free software developer or release his software for free. Bottom line: Even for free, nobody uses his software, that is why he is pissed off.
[–] karinato 8y ago ↗ Nobody forced him to become a free software developer or release his software for free. Bottom line: Even for free, nobody uses his software, that is why he is pissed off.
[–] DanBC 8y ago ↗ > even with a worst case scenario of 1% conversion rate,I don't know much about this, but wouldn't that be a very good conversion rate?
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 18.6 ms ] threadDid I miss anything? Why is this Hacker News worthy?
I don't know much about this, but wouldn't that be a very good conversion rate?