And since these examples are shared for free through a newsgroup feed, I should value them how much? ;) Paul Sadler E-mail: paul [ dot ] sadler [ at ] sdc-dsc [ dot ] gc [ dot ] ca or paul [ dot ] sadler [ at ] hrsdc-rhdcc [ dot ] gc [ dot ] ca -----Original Message----- From: linux-bounces [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca [mailto:linux-bounces [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca] On Behalf Of Ross Jordan Sent: 2007-02-06 3:06 PM To: Bill Strosberg Cc: OCLUG Technical Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ubuntu Vista Reminds me of a story of someone who was trying to sell some used furniture: He initially set the price very cheap, around $10. After receiving no responses, a friend told him to up the price. He changed the price to $50, and received many responses and sold the furniture. It seems like its human nature to think -- if they're giving it away (or almost giving it away) it must be crap. (if its too good to be true, it probably is...) -Ross It would seem Bill Strosberg, on Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 03:00:32PM -0500, wrote: > All: > > This was a tongue-in-cheek response to a situation I've found myself > in many times. > > I've installed free (as in freedom) solutions, donated time and effort > and found over time that people tend to discount the value of the > effort because it did not cost them money. Strangely, I've found that > people who were charged for the exact same effort, using the exact > same solutions do value the solution much higher. > > It is a very strange conundrum that people highly value what costs > them more, while they discount the value of things that cost less - > even if the delivered service is the same (or better). > > -- > Bill > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux