Re: Alternatives to Moreover

["jdklub <pseudonym@mindspring.com>" <pseudonym@mindspring.com>]

> > >What price did they quote for continued use?
> > They didn't. But mainly because we haven't got the money anyway 
so it's
> > a bit pointless starting negotiations.
> 
> For your situation that certainly makes sense.
> 
> However, a discussion about what ARE the prices seems like it would 
help the
> consuming population as a whole.  This is sort of a chicken/egg 
situation.  That
> and the "if you have to ask you can't afford it" concept comes to 
mind.  Most
> sites would certainly love to get content at no charge.  
Realistically, however,
> content providers deserve to be compensated for their labors.  
What's not well
> known is the range of prices and sources.

I would also like to see a discussion about pricing unfold. If I may 
ask, Julian, what would you be willing to pay for a similar feed? Is 
it something worth paying for at all? What do other people think? 
What is the magic price for a decently filtered, topical feed? Would 
you want to pay per feed/topic, or pay a site-wide fee and get as 
many feeds/topics as needed for your site? I ask because I could 
actually provide such feeds*, but have no idea what people are 
willing to pay for them, if anything at all.

* not as high quality as moreover's (yet), but given a specific topic 
I would certainly be willing to work on finding sources for that 
topic, especially if someone was throwing a couple of bucks my way 
each month.