Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators

From: MindShift Design <mindshift@usa.net>

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Looking at it from a developers point of view and opinion ie. mine.

We develop software. We develop it so that other companies can run it.
We develop it so that they make a profit. We get some of that profit to
make more games so that people can play more games. But at the end of
the day, we are a commercial venture and have to keep afloat.

I admire VGA Planets. Any program that has continued to grow in use over
the period of time it has been about is a well-supported product. But
once again, you're talking about the difference between commercial and
free games. There will always be a difference between the two, and each
will have its own advocates.

I'm not knocking free games, in fact I play a couple myself. I think
some of them are really good, and some of them could be better. But all
of them have a great deal of time and effort put into them. If the
developer of the game wants to release it and allow free games to run,
that's his/her/their prerogative.

The same goes with commercial games. A lot of time and effort, sometimes
but not always more, goes into developing them. And if the game
developer/administrator company wants recompense for the use/play of the
game, that's his/her/their prerogative too.

For all the hours and development time I've put into our games, I want
to be financially rewarded. But I also develop freeware products as
well, for which a thank-you is quite adequate. In fact we're releasing a
'lite' version of our tabletop RPG system soon as well as an java IF
authoring system within the next 12-18 months.

Just my view and opinion.

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MindShift Design
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References

Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000