Lost a new commercial user this week :(

[Manu via Digitalmars-d]

On 15 December 2014 at 07:19, Nick B via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 December 2014 at 15:03:27 UTC, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
>
>> Lastly, when judging all these things, please always try to remember that
>> almost all the work that goes into D (and vibe.d) is non-profit and everyone
>> usually only contributes what (s)he is missing. If I would get payed through
>> a support contract for my work on vibe.d, I could adjust my priorities to
>> suit the requirements of others more, but like this I still have to somehow
>> make sure to be able to pay my bills and can't just work full time to help
>> other (commercial) projects (although I always try to help as far as
>> possible).
>
>
> Sonke, Can you advise how much a support contract for a individual or
> company seriously interested in using vibe.d might cost ?

Good point, I think you should really put a price on commercial
support if you want it to be taken seriously.
There are lots of companies that wouldn't seriously consider it if it
DIDN'T cost them some money. If they don't pay any money, it doesn't
look legit or professional ;)