Posts made by Art Lader

Hi, Michael,

Yes, I am sure that you are right about that. And the money would be well spent!

Here's the most amazing, wonderful thing to me, though: All or most of that will probably come anyway. The odds are that legions of selfless developers will share their knowledge and skills with simple Moodle-end-users like me just because they are generous, just because it is a kind thing to do.

For example, while I am sitting here typing this, I am using the Excel to GIFT converter that Timothy and others developed. It is so cool and saves me so much time that I would gladly have paid fot it, but I did not have to. It was gift. A really nice gift to anyone who could use it.

Of course, people have to eat. Even developers need money, and there is a limit to the time and genius that they can simply give away. I really, truly do understand that.

But just about everyone here seems to give what they can. Well, that has been my Moodle experience to date, at least.

I wonder what the monetary value of all the time and expertise that the community has invested in Moodle to date would be... A gazillion dollars?

Regards,
Art

Just want to thank the developers for taking on these huge, complicated issues like roles. I truly appreciate the time and effort and genius you invest in Moodle. I would also like to express my appreciation to the non-developer members of the community who have been so helpful and supportive over the years.

I guess that I agree with Christian B. in his profile where he writes this: I've been experimenting with moodle for about four years and find it the best Open Source (if not the best in general) LMS available. Especially the community that supports Moodle is a definite plus.

Moodle is amazing. And you all ARE Moodle. big grin

-- Art


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