[cw-discuss] codeweaver beta vote ethics

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak]

I would like to add that I chose to purchase codeweaver for the 
following reasons:

1. It is MUCH easier to use than Wine.
2. Although I have no need, I did have a "it would be nice if" and I 
wanted to support their development.

So, I purchased the product.

Jeremy White wrote:

>Hi Pere,
>
>First of all - thanks for participating on the Compatibility Center -
>we really appreciate that.
>
>Second, I suspect we could make the distinction between voting
>and pledging a bit more clear.  The idea is that being a customer
>earns you a vote.  Non customers instead 'pledge'.  We try to
>guide folks to those choices when they click on the
>'I need this app to run' link in the compatibility center.
>
>We then try to balance the demands of our customers
>(represented both by tickets and votes) with the demands
>of potential customers (represented by the pledges).
>
>So there is absolutely no need to buy the product to
>indicate that you have need of a given feature.
>
>We are arguably a bit mercenary in that we do ask folks
>to put their money where their mouth is.  That is, non
>customers don't get a generic 'vote' - they instead need
>to essentially say to us:  "If you fix this, I will buy X".
>We tally the Xs and pursue the biggest ones first.
>
>Candidly, we're a small company - we're not exactly
>swimming in cash, so we need to be very careful with what
>we do so as to maximize our ability to thrive and continue to
>improve Wine.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeremy
>
>pere villez wrote:
>  
>

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