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marcan wrote:
fatman and Herko : thanks for you opinions.
Quote:But for the XOOPS system itself, you can't charge. You got it free, and they can get it free, so there's no point in charging the clients for XOOPS.
obviously....
fatman : if I understand it correctly, you are selling XOOPS implementation. Do you know if a lot of people/company do so?
We've been doing so as one option of what we do. We started out doing print, actually, and moved into web design (with an emphasis on the small business/non-profit market: clients who need a really simple, static site and don't have $500 to shell out for a consultation), and then with XOOPS started expanding a bit to support more complicated clients. Primarily, we've found that XOOPS works well when dealing with clients who need frequent updates to their sites, don't have a lot of money to pay someone to do it for them, and who have little or no technical expertise. A lot of our clients are political candidates or local political parties, for instance, but we've also designed sites for small retailers, restaurants, and--ironically enough--a vocational school.
We always make it very clear to the client that what we are selling is installation, customization, set-up, and technical support, and that we are <I>not</I> selling them the XOOPS package itself. There's a useful legal upside to this: in making it clear that we are selling the service and not the product, we make no implied warranty about XOOPS itself. So, if someone finds a security hole in XOOPS, hacks into the site, and does something to damage the client (creating some sort of defamation, for instance), we have no liability for breach of warranty.
Essentially, the relationship between XOOPS and the client is that same as the relationship between NetObjects Fusion/Dreamweaver/Flash and the user: it's just a tool that's been used to create the site.
Does that help any?