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Originally posted by stief
The spirit? The kind of help you and many others have given through these forums and the opensource page. I understood you did that for something besides the financial reward. Sounds better than bitchy consumers who expect service because they "paid". LOL--I'm souding stuffy: sorry if I misunderstood the tone of your question! |
Oh, now I understand. I wouldn't call that open-source spirit though, - I know a lot of programs with a good community that aren't necessarily open-source. Overnet to name just one.
I have no idea about LimeWire's financial situation so I can't really comment on how necessary it is for them to bundle LimeShop / TopMoxie.
Btw. if you want to see the budget of an average file-sharing company, take a look at the official soulseek budget:
http://soulseeks.netfirms.com/
If LimeWire had similar expenses, they'd have to pay easily 20,000 dollars/month for booze and hookers.
Considering that they're lucky if they break even.
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Still don't know of any newbies who know how to compile, though.  |
You just need one to compile it and put it online. You don't really have to know java to do that.
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| So--will a gnutella connection quality tester be on your list of projects? |
Not on mine. But I understand that the LimeWire developers are focussing a little more on connection issues.