Dear Stephen J. Navoyosky!
First of all thank you for replying!
And then, you my be right in many things in this answer and I respect
your Few point! May be the truth is a bit more complicated and some
where in between.
I am also well aware, that not all knowledge or skills are open or
reviled.
Still it is a question on how much this personal or individual
differences in doing or making things especially accordions count.
Again don't misunderstand:
I think it counts! Knowledge is not all, practicing and producing
wonderful individual instruments is what counts to me. Or put it the
other way with the open source information everyone with the needed
average skills can build a Accordion, like you get from China but to
get something special much more is needed, love, feeling, intuition,
and a lot of experience in building accordions, and beside all this
some theoretical background may help.
"then why do 'you' ask questions as well as Walter and others?"
Manly because it is a technique of keeping conversation going.
Secondary because I know I am not perfect and I still learn by
lessoning to others. And there may be more as my way of doing the work,
or it my be a better way to do things. I may have learned from others
since I am participating in this group, even I cant point it down on
one thing at the moment.
Still dos no matter, I enjoyed every line posted from you or from most
other people here. To have some one else to talk on the same
interesting things is nice to me. I do have personal friends close to
me and some at different Factory's and I think all are pleased to see
me and the do profit in some way by having one to communicate with.
I was not the one who had to seek information to be able to build
accordions, I always did my part in sharing information as long as no
one else did it before like Ike you and many others do.
I am again building a new unique accordion and it is not for sale once
it is finished. I make my own handmade reeds, for this accordion again.
Then I did restore some accordions last Year. And also some accordion
repairs. Then I did some programming for a web page, also in connection
with the diatonic accordion. Beside all this I am still involved in
building micro electronic, and doing expertises on private contracts
for other companies. And if I still find time I give lectures on
private and non private institutes. Most of it for no profit, because I
don't need the money for living. I am happy with what I did earn in
the past. Is nothing wrong with it to ask for money for the good work
one is doing.
Yes I believe this truly about myself, therefore I also believe that
you do I have that right also.
"And if you understand that, then why continue to post?"
I don't see any contradiction between posting information for free
and asking money for ones work.
May be the point is something else:
There is some intention on the net, that some people want to earn money
with selling information, even it was public domain or under public
licence in the first place.
I like to belong to a big net community who publishes under GPL
Licence. So everyone can use the information for non profit or for
profit as long as the copyright is correct.
Beautiful statement and very philanthropic especially when your
livelihood doesn't depend on it. Did you feel this way when you taught
and lectured for a livelihood?
Yes, payed gets the time involve from my side, not the information
presented. And if I don't ask now for money, see it as preset.
I am only the one who helps to find the information or to help to put
it into practice.
I gave willingly.
Like me! Great let as keep on this way!
However, when certain ones, like Walter D. and you,
asked me for a deeper analysis that I did not grant, then came the
criticism.
Was there some critic from my side?
If there was, I take this back.
It was not my intention to critic you.
It is your right to keep information to you, even if I would tell
others.
Johann, there must be some unknowns in everything for not all do things
the same way.
Yes, but many ways may lead to the same result or nearly the same
results.
There are techniques and skills and very much experienced
education's that cannot be purchased but based on education's
Yes, absolutely as I see it too!
that were purchased.
Lets say: "or given for free!"
Most of it war given to us for free to you and to me, even if we or the
government payed for education, who says all was played, all the
devotion the teacher did give to as?
May masters and teachers never did give me the impression the do it for
money, even the earned there living with it.
For those who expect all to be given to them free and easy,
indeed are revealing immature expectations and actions.
Yes this is the other side of the coin!
I don't expect anyone that he has to give his time for free!
Every worker should be played, lets say may time in reward to his.
I wish we would have a world where everyone's work is played equally!
Giving time without reward is a present, and cant be expected.
I don't find it correct that Chinese people are kept nearly as slaves
on there workplace working for much to low money, so the cant live a
decent live with all the fundamental needs solved.
I also don't think it is correct that everything has to be cheep.
Cheap means in many cases to bay expensive, because if it is really
worth more as one pays for it someone else had the loss. Or as it is in
most cases it is of very poor quality, so in the long run we all have
to pay for it. It is not in use any more, and the recourse are gone
anyway.
I am glad that here a lot of people don't think the same way, many
people know that the only can get good quality for good money. (talking
about Accordions or food, ... ). Still one has to have the money to pay
for good quality. Ebay was not any help in this respect, even I like it
for other reasons. Better would be if we still would be able to trust
shops.
In my ayes it is also a question of thinking, we shold be thinking in
not so much of getting as in giving.
This globalisation will destroy many more workplaces here in Europe and
also in USA. And the neo liberation with the completely open market
where only the price rules trade and production is sure the wrong way.
Better would be, if we in Europe and Amerika would pay good money to
the workers in this other countries.
So please Stephen let as head in the same direction even we don't
agree in every respect. So some salt in the discussion is not bad,
keeps as talking to each other. And in the end, I don't think there
is not to much difference between us both.
Best regards, Johann