[plug] Request for Advice

[Kai Jones]

Onno Benschop wrote:
> In a message a few hours ago in response to a post by a list member I
> replied that I had the answer to their problem, but was unwilling to
> share the solution - given that I've just spent three years making it
> work.
> 
> Of course, now the code is done, the solution is pretty obvious, but
> non-trivial.
> 
> I find myself wanting to help the list member, but am unable to
> reconcile that with a requirement to "pay the rent" as it were.
> 
> Where do I go from here?
> 
> Onno Benschop 
> 
> Connected via Optus B3 at S38°01'05" - E145°25'10" (Upper Beaconsfield, VIC)

You gotta eat and you gotta pay rent (or in your case, fuel and all 
that) and three years is a long time in any situation !

Give them a price which you think reflects the amount of time and energy 
you've put into the solution.