R
R. L.
From time to time I hesitate to post my thoughts because I
am afriad that I might sound studpid. However,
recently, after reading some intensed discussions on the long
threads regarding Pricelessware and its "home", there are
thoughts I think wouldn't harm sharing. So here, I started a
new thread.
In the recent "vote" I had voted to get Pricelessware "stay".
However, the more I read the disscussions, the more I regret
my vote. The fact is, when I gave more thoughts about what is
Pricelessware, I realized that it in fact just represents a
group of best freeware got voted from the participants here
(not the participants themselves). In other words, it is a set
of results and a set of information. Hence, anyone can set up
a website to "report" them or simply report them from their
own website.
And then, when I think about it more, this may not be a bad
idea in a true sense if we really *love* freeware (I do). The
more sites that would voluntarily report the year nomination
results from here, the more we can promote freeware. Hence,
conducting the vote and putting it altgether should be one
thing, try to make a whole elaborate *web-site* out of it can
be another.
Say, if tomorrow I decided to dig into Google old posts and
put all the nomination results in my site, provide good search
facility to the users and link to all the authors page, who
would stop that? The results are open domain anyway (anyone
can check them out in the Google archieve). The fact is, if
more than one persons have the resoures to do so and are
willing to, they don't even need to work with each other to
have the benefit of promoting freeware.
When one look at it this way, having the results reported in
different sites, even in different formats can be good (and in
fact, not hurting but helping, for promoting true freeware -
letting more ordinary users to know about it because more
people are promoting it
). In this sense, Susan of course
can get her files to another site and in the meantime have
other mirrors (e.g., if SOS or Genna also want to report the
results). It is good for getting more people to know about
freeware.
Of course, it is good to have an "official site" as we speak,
but it is, in a sense, semi-illusionary, we are not one strict
collectives here and everyone knows that (although ideally, it
would be cool if we really are, this is such a nice group and
I like the people here).
Hence, "stay" or "move" are not the good words to use. In
fact, it doesn't matter anymore That is why, from a
freeware-lover point of view, I started to feel bad about my
"vote". It is in fact, not a bad idea to have
Pricelessware.org, Pricelessware.de, Pricelessware.net or even
other sites that are devoted to featuring Pricelessware
nomination results.
--
RL
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am afriad that I might sound studpid. However,
recently, after reading some intensed discussions on the long
threads regarding Pricelessware and its "home", there are
thoughts I think wouldn't harm sharing. So here, I started a
new thread.
In the recent "vote" I had voted to get Pricelessware "stay".
However, the more I read the disscussions, the more I regret
my vote. The fact is, when I gave more thoughts about what is
Pricelessware, I realized that it in fact just represents a
group of best freeware got voted from the participants here
(not the participants themselves). In other words, it is a set
of results and a set of information. Hence, anyone can set up
a website to "report" them or simply report them from their
own website.
And then, when I think about it more, this may not be a bad
idea in a true sense if we really *love* freeware (I do). The
more sites that would voluntarily report the year nomination
results from here, the more we can promote freeware. Hence,
conducting the vote and putting it altgether should be one
thing, try to make a whole elaborate *web-site* out of it can
be another.
Say, if tomorrow I decided to dig into Google old posts and
put all the nomination results in my site, provide good search
facility to the users and link to all the authors page, who
would stop that? The results are open domain anyway (anyone
can check them out in the Google archieve). The fact is, if
more than one persons have the resoures to do so and are
willing to, they don't even need to work with each other to
have the benefit of promoting freeware.
When one look at it this way, having the results reported in
different sites, even in different formats can be good (and in
fact, not hurting but helping, for promoting true freeware -
letting more ordinary users to know about it because more
people are promoting it
). In this sense, Susan of coursecan get her files to another site and in the meantime have
other mirrors (e.g., if SOS or Genna also want to report the
results). It is good for getting more people to know about
freeware.
Of course, it is good to have an "official site" as we speak,
but it is, in a sense, semi-illusionary, we are not one strict
collectives here and everyone knows that (although ideally, it
would be cool if we really are, this is such a nice group and
I like the people here).
Hence, "stay" or "move" are not the good words to use. In
fact, it doesn't matter anymore
That is why, from afreeware-lover point of view, I started to feel bad about my
"vote". It is in fact, not a bad idea to have
Pricelessware.org, Pricelessware.de, Pricelessware.net or even
other sites that are devoted to featuring Pricelessware
nomination results.
--
RL
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Unofficial Adaware Updater:
http://home.earthlink.net/
~ringomei/Unofficial_adaware_updater.html
Little (File) Backer Upper:
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