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See http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html for an amusing and related story told in emails. The software equivalent I find goes li
by bdfh42 17y ago
See http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html for an amusing and related story told in emails.
The software equivalent I find goes like this:
Business person rings up to ask us to develop a software package to run his business. The spec is always somewhat vague and very idiosyncratic. The businessman then explains that once we have developed this software for him then we will be able to sell it to lots of other businesses and that he will only ask for half the income in exchange for his amazing business knowledge. Plus, of course, we will be able to use his (free) implementation as a reference site.
We usually manage to contain our enthusiasm and decline these wonderful offers.
- hussong 17y agoThat story is hilarious, thanks for sharing!
- jacquesm 17y agoI used to turn those around and make it in to: how about I give you a 30% discount on what I'll charge everybody else for the package if I believe it has the market potential you cite. Several pretty good lines of business resulted from that (webvod, webpay), and the respective customers went overboard to help spec 'their' package. You can't blame a guy for trying, it is up to you as a front line contact to try to negotiate the best deal, declining them outright is not always the best course of action.