MantisBT

Honestly, I take perverse pleasure in the competition paying for Mantis.

-Ken


> In principal, I agree.  However, after looking at several of them, I haven't
> seen anything better than Mantis :-)
> 
> John Cole
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mantisbt-dev-admin@...
> [mailto:mantisbt-dev-admin@...] On Behalf Of Ryan Schmidt
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:27 PM
> To: mantisbt-dev@...
> Subject: [Mantisbt-dev] Bad Ads
> 
> I think it's a bad idea that we're showing ads for other people's bug  
> trackers on our bug tracker.

Something about being secure enough in our masculinity comes to mind :) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mantisbt-dev-admin@... 
> [mailto:mantisbt-dev-admin@...] On Behalf 
> Of John Cole
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 5:34 PM
> To: 'mantisbt-dev@...'
> Subject: RE: [Mantisbt-dev] Bad Ads
> 
> In principal, I agree.  However, after looking at several of 
> them, I haven't seen anything better than Mantis :-)
> 
> John Cole
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mantisbt-dev-admin@...
> [mailto:mantisbt-dev-admin@...] On Behalf 
> Of Ryan Schmidt
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:27 PM
> To: mantisbt-dev@...
> Subject: [Mantisbt-dev] Bad Ads
> 
> I think it's a bad idea that we're showing ads for other 
> people's bug trackers on our bug tracker.
> 
> 
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Interesting.

I run another OS project phplist, and my alexa rank is a bit higher than
mantisbt.org. I set up google ads to see what that means in practice and
I make about 20 dollars a month. I think I'm going to pull the ads,
because I don't feel that's worth pulling people away from my site to
possible competitors.

Are you getting so many more click throughs that it's worth it?

Michiel

Kenzaburo Ito wrote:

> Honestly, I take perverse pleasure in the competition paying for Mantis.
>
> -Ken
>
>
>> In principal, I agree.  However, after looking at several of them, I
>> haven't
>> seen anything better than Mantis :-)
>>
>> John Cole
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mantisbt-dev-admin@...
>> [mailto:mantisbt-dev-admin@...] On Behalf Of Ryan
>> Schmidt
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:27 PM
>> To: mantisbt-dev@...
>> Subject: [Mantisbt-dev] Bad Ads
>>
>> I think it's a bad idea that we're showing ads for other people's
>> bug  trackers on our bug tracker.
>
>
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least likely to say "it can't be done"
most  likely to say "if it's not in mantis, it won't be done"

t | i | n | c | a | n || l | t | d

         Buenos Aires | London | Machynlleth

t | i | n | c | a | n || l | t | d

Yes, the ads are worthwhile but I don't mind sending people on to 
competition.  I'd rather they find something they like to use (or fits 
into their work parameters) since that's what drives so much of open 
source in the first place.  Heck, some people don't feel comfortable 
unless they pay (more) for software.

-Ken

Michiel Dethmers wrote:
> Interesting.
> 
> I run another OS project phplist, and my alexa rank is a bit higher than
> mantisbt.org. I set up google ads to see what that means in practice and
> I make about 20 dollars a month. I think I'm going to pull the ads,
> because I don't feel that's worth pulling people away from my site to
> possible competitors.
> 
> Are you getting so many more click throughs that it's worth it?
> 
> Michiel
> 
> Kenzaburo Ito wrote:
> 
>> Honestly, I take perverse pleasure in the competition paying for Mantis.
>>
>> -Ken

Michiel Dethmers wrote:
> Interesting.
> 
> I run another OS project phplist, and my alexa rank is a bit higher than
> mantisbt.org. I set up google ads to see what that means in practice and
> I make about 20 dollars a month. I think I'm going to pull the ads,
> because I don't feel that's worth pulling people away from my site to
> possible competitors.
> 
> Are you getting so many more click throughs that it's worth it?
> 
> Michiel

IMHO, any open source project can only benefit from competition.

Cheers,
-- 
Leonardo Herrera L
mailto:leus@...

>
> IMHO, any open source project can only benefit from competition.

Oh, sure but that was not my point. I actually have a page with "similar
applications that do the same thing" where I list my competition that I
value.
If you want to encourage competition, why not make the banner ads a
straight link to the apps that charge for the same thing.

My point was whether it was worth the trouble having google throw dice
on your site.

Michiel

>
> Cheers,


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least likely to say "it can't be done"
most  likely to say "if it's not in mantis, it won't be done"

t | i | n | c | a | n || l | t | d

         Buenos Aires | London | Machynlleth

t | i | n | c | a | n || l | t | d

Or greedy enough to risk it all...

;)

I have a few more security issues, I sent a couple more messages to the 
security list, but have received no response.

Please could someone give me a contact email. I dont want to keep 
bothering this list.

right works over im off to the pub.

Play nice now :)

Cris Daniluk wrote:
> Something about being secure enough in our masculinity comes to mind :) 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mantisbt-dev-admin@... 
>>[mailto:mantisbt-dev-admin@...] On Behalf 
>>Of John Cole
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 5:34 PM
>>To: 'mantisbt-dev@...'
>>Subject: RE: [Mantisbt-dev] Bad Ads
>>
>>In principal, I agree.  However, after looking at several of 
>>them, I haven't seen anything better than Mantis :-)
>>
>>John Cole
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mantisbt-dev-admin@...
>>[mailto:mantisbt-dev-admin@...] On Behalf 
>>Of Ryan Schmidt
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:27 PM
>>To: mantisbt-dev@...
>>Subject: [Mantisbt-dev] Bad Ads
>>
>>I think it's a bad idea that we're showing ads for other 
>>people's bug trackers on our bug tracker.
>>
>>
>>
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