Hey hey JB, long time no see!
Your right it doesn't matter that you registered it. People that type in statsfree.com and realize that free means a monthly fee, I would hope get the clue that it's not what they were looking for. If not, more power to you!
The logo you say...See, I use this program called PostNuke to power the StatsFree website, and it wanted an image for the news section. I was inclined to go to this little thing called Google Images, and searched for 'free clip art stats'...you'll
never believe that's what popped up. Oh, the wonders of the world! Statistics are generally...wait, someone correct me if I'm wrong here...plotted on a graph? I think that's it. Yeah, yeah it is.
And as I said the XBiz thread, I think StatsRemote has an awesome color scheme. Then, once I realized how much interest there was in it, I pulled it down to refine things and give it it's own feel. Seeing as your
not one of the beta testers, nor have your taken the time to look at the new screen shots posted on other forums, you have no clue what your talking about!
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Were you not expecting a response? The goal behind the Open Source movement is not to put other companies out of business but rather to offer free alternatives for those who want them. Your whole thread there reads more like an attack than a friendly notice of an alternative, so it's no wonder that the Stats Remote people are going to have a response to it.
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It wasn't a friendly notice of an alternative. I would love for you to tell me where someone said it was supposed to be a friendly notice. If I don't agree with something, I have no qualms posting exactly how I feel. It may not be friendly, but hey, looks like thats the theme! Remember...I'm Robin Hood.
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That's not how a GPL works. See here for more details: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
Open Source is indeed an awesome thing, but don't taint the spirit by attacking the very people that you state clearly inspired you to write your own "clone" (your words) of their "cool" (again your own words) software.
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Did you take the time to read the rest of my "own words"? I stood corrected then and changed my stance on how the licensing would be handled. Open Source projects generally are clones of commercial applications. I sware StarOffice is exactly like Microsoft Office, Gaim is a clone of AOL's IM Software, eMule is a direct attack on eDonkey's ad-based software. I don't know what "people" you're refering to that inspired me, but I'll pick thoe examples. Feel free to check out Freshmeat.net or SourceForge.net for
plenty of other examples.
A mod on XBiz, Telecatz, sums it up pretty well:
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in all fairness to justing..I'm the one who brought the 'robin hood' comparison. I have no prob in (you guys) making some dough with your proggy..my argument was that if someone else (justing) was going to be offering a similiar program it should be for free if not less money ..or to not say anything negative about a program that he was also going to be profiting from..I'm assuming your affiliated with 'stats remote' with this proper introduction you made ?
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Oh, and that "proper introduction"? There were plenty from JB:
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BTW Justin is not the first one that comes up with a free stats checking script. It happened before and it will happen again.
When we started the beta testing of StatsRemote last year in February people said that webmasters would not be willing to pay a monthly fee for it. When we released it to the public last year in May many people said the same. They also said that it wouldn't take long until a free software/script would be released.
Well, one year later there's still no sign of any real competition and even if there was I wouldn't worry too much about it. We have a strong member base and many of our members would be willing to pay more than $30 a month.
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Well shit, you sure must have plenty of free time to worry about "fake" competition like StatsFree. What this gets down to, and is in the original XBiz thread, is that I don't feel $30 is a cost that I'm willing to pay when I can write my own. I got challenged, called Robin Hood, mocked for starting the thread...and all by JB from StatsRemote. What happened, you just motivated me to do a better job.
I didn't go into this with intentions of attacking StatsRemote, which I could sware I've said 10 times. It got relased as something I personally used and thought others would benfit from. It DOESN'T support 400+ sponsors, you can't call a phone number for support, and there aren't any statiscal formulas to help you guesstimate your earnings. Want those? Go to statsfree.com - hah!
From your cell phone, system tray bar, or through the native window you can get your stats for fre. For the time being, I'm going to refrain from posting all the new features that will be in 1.0. All of the beta testers have full permission to post screenshots, and they all know (and laughed) at whats going on.
Cheers-
JustinG