Any norms on postings?

[devchander]

Hi everybody,

I had this doubt, could not find any relevant material on this and so i ask.

First of all, i would like to clarify , that i am neither a consultant nor a marketing person.

I am just a poor li'l developer.

My doubt is" Say, there is a query posed for some techincal clarification in discussion forums.

Its up to Good Samaritans out here to lead this person from doubt to clarity.

Now supose if a person who works on this field/domain of the query comes in and tries to commercialise the sceneario, has he breached any bounds of discussion forums????"

Hope i am not stoned for asking this question!

but then , as a wise man said " its better to ask than assume"

Regards

Dev

[tst]

My answer would be "depends on how they're doing it". If the solution is pertinent to the question and is not too simple, there is no reason why you can't suggest it, especially when some people just want a solution to their problem. If the person asking wants a technical answer, and not just a solution, they can repost and say so. If something will take a developer 10 hours to develop properly and they can buy a solution for 100$, then there is no reason not to offer them the solution. People work and have a right to earn from it. That said, this shouldn't stop other people from giving answers and tips even after a commercial solution was suggested.

As an example, George Zou regularly links to his commercial toolkit as a solution and I see no problem with that, especially when you consider that he also answers questions with real answers.

[devchander]

Thanks for your comments, tst

( hey u seem to like Monty Python's flying circus a lot)

Regards

Dev

Message Edited by devchander on 12-26-2005 03:10 AM

[tst]

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@devchander wrote:

hey u seem to like Monty Python's flying circus a lot

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You can say that again.

While it has a despairingly large amount of stupid\boring\silly\simply-not-funny moments, the amount and quality of those moments where there is something amusing\genius\make-you-ROFL is enough to compensate. Specifically, the single bit I think I like the most is the bit that opens the spanish inquisition episode. I won't explain it with words, because it's not funny like that, but I find it to be pure genius, and those who remember it should hopefully feel the same.

[Conseils]

I agree, and In which case my favorite apart from the 'secret policemans ball' versions: -

Is of course ........

The Dead Parrot sketch

"Hello, I wish to register a complaint..."

http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode08.htm#6

http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/justthewords.htm

[tst]

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@Conseils wrote:

"Hello, I wish to register a complaint..."

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"I'm sorry, miss?
 What do you mean, 'miss'?
 I'm sorry, I have a cold".

Yes, I like the parrot sketch too (especially the palindrome part), and the officer Graham Chapman portrays in that episode is one of my favorite Python characters, but I like the sketch in the spanish inquisition more because it manages to produce a very funny punch line without any acting and without any speaking parts.