>It's not a Pay Software Support site. In fact it IS a World Wide Developers Community -- enhanced by private, for-profit enterprise.
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>If Michel weren't charging money for the services -- and talent -- he's put into the project, it wouldn't even be close to the quality it is today.
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>What you're suggesting would have the eventual effect of putting the UT out of business, and none of us want that.
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>Do you happen to be familiar with the GNU open license concept? The fellow who came up with it (can't remember his name off the top of my head) wanted all software to be free for everyone, and for government to pay the programmers.
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>It sounds like you want Michel to do something similar :)

I am familiar w/ GNU license and others. I'm from the Open Source community. I don't expect him to make it free, or Open Source it. But an open exchange information is what community is all about.

I'm not talking about putting UT out of business. There are plenty of open source models out there that still make money. I'm NOT suggesting he open up the site to Searching etc, but what is the point of having a webservice that isn't useful.

I just didn't think this was a Microsoft mentality where everything comes down to the DOLLAR. I thought community had a higher moral standard then that, and it was about the knowledge. The free exchange of ideas and learning about solutions to difficult problems, a true community where knowledge and information is the most important thing and money isn't.

Like I said, it must be my fault, I misintrepreted the community and made the mistake of thinking it had a little of the altruistic nature of open source community.

Morgan