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POV-Ray will cost you at least half of your spare time for the rest of
your life.
At least that's what it's cost ME...
Regards,
John
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> "Bringing POV-Ray and the IRTC to the public isn't cheap. In fact the
annual
> costs are enough to buy a brand-new car (and would be much more if it
> weren't for the generosity of our hosts). This server is a co-located
> machine (owned by a POV-Team member) connected to multiple OC-3's. It
moves
> an average of 15 gigabytes per day, split almost equally between POV-Ray
and
> the IRTC. Any difference between income from sales and the cost of the
> co-location comes out of the personal finances of a POV-Ray developer.
Since
> we give POV-Ray away for free sales of these products are the only means
we
> have of meeting our running costs."
exactly why commercial options should be explored, it is unfair to expect
any shortfall in income to be met by an individual developer.
Mugs & Keyrings are a short term soloution to a problem that is only going
to increase (in cost), and there will come a point when giving povray away
simply becomes to expensive. Best to tackle the difficult questions raised
by povray needing to finicially earn its keep in the long term now.
There are plenty of options for income that do not involve the
share\crippleware route.
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Rick
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"Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5 com> wrote in message
news:3c99105a@news.povray.org...
<snip>
It would be nice if there was some way of making donations to the irtc/pov
sites. I've got the keyrings, cds, etc.
Couldn't there be a virtual product? (aka a donation).
I mean I could order another cd, keyring, whatever, but then the amount donated
to the orgs is less, and I end up with a product I don't need.
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:20:21 -0000, "Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote:
> I mean I could order another cd, keyring, whatever, but then the amount donated
> to the orgs is less, and I end up with a product I don't need.
You can give it to somebody who you want to be interested in poving. CDs for
math/art/tech teacher in school nearest you. Keyring for your best friend.
It's a nice enigmatic type of gift ;-)
ABX
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news:2rgj9uo3ko8dd725sjgbdf2tt5gueg6uvh@4ax.com...
>
> You can give it to somebody who you want to be interested in poving. CDs for
> math/art/tech teacher in school nearest you. Keyring for your best friend.
> It's a nice enigmatic type of gift ;-)
>
Well, yes, but I'm still having to find someone to give something to in order to
not give as much money as I could if I didn't...
... that last sentence probably runs under Perl....
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"Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote in message
news:3c99c1f6$1@news.povray.org...
> "Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
> news:3c99105a@news.povray.org...
>
> <snip>
>
> It would be nice if there was some way of making donations to the irtc/pov
> sites. I've got the keyrings, cds, etc.
>
> Couldn't there be a virtual product? (aka a donation).
>
> I mean I could order another cd, keyring, whatever, but then the amount
donated
> to the orgs is less, and I end up with a product I don't need.
How much do the IRTC CD's cover? Ie, half the cost, most of the cost,
almost nothing?
Maybe selling poster-size prints of winning entries, something along the
lines of a subscription?
For that matter, perhaps a calendar of the winners?
...Chambers
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"Ben Chambers" <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote
> For that matter, perhaps a calendar of the winners?
>
That sounds like a bonza idea - I'd definitely be up for a IRTC calendar and
perhaps a top 12 of the top 10...
I had been sort of oblivious to the running costs of pov but the recent
discussions have taught me otherwise - so I'm off to buy a keyring.
jim
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> Maybe selling poster-size prints of winning entries, something along the
> lines of a subscription?
I think making posters would stop people entering - that and you would need
to render at much higher res for print purposes.
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Rick
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POV-Ray News & Resources - http://Povray.co.uk
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"Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote in message
news:3c99c1f6$1@news.povray.org...
> "Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
> news:3c99105a@news.povray.org...
>
> <snip>
>
> It would be nice if there was some way of making donations to the irtc/pov
> sites. I've got the keyrings, cds, etc.
>
> Couldn't there be a virtual product? (aka a donation).
PayPal could be used to do this.
Corey
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> > Couldn't there be a virtual product? (aka a donation).
>
> PayPal could be used to do this.
Paypal is only suitable if the target audience is located in the US, non US
residents are forced to sign up before they can send money to a paypal
account. and the rates for getting money out of a paypal account for non US
residents is prohibitive
--
Rick
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POV-Ray News & Resources - http://Povray.co.uk
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