Mayan EDMS crowdfunding is over

#1

Post by aminoson » Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 7:37 PM UTC

Mayan EDMS crowdfunding is over
mayan-edms.com

Re: Mayan EDMS crowdfunding is over

#2

Post by karinato » Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 7:50 PM UTC

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?

Re: Mayan EDMS crowdfunding is over

#3

Post by aminoson » Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 8:00 PM UTC

karinato wrote: post #2

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?

Funding and making free software sustainable has always been a top priority topic. Free software developers also need money like the rest of us.

Re: Mayan EDMS crowdfunding is over

#4

Post by karinato » Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 8:06 PM UTC

aminoson wrote: post #3

karinato wrote: post #2

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?

Funding and making free software sustainable has always been a top priority topic. Free software developers also need money like the rest of us.

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.

Re: Mayan EDMS crowdfunding is over

#5

Post by DanBC » Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 8:10 PM UTC

> 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?