[TriLUG] OT: Developer Rates

[Jim Wright]

There's nothing wrong with advertising your rates...I think it would get
into the legal gray area if you posted a link to those rates on this
list and said "Hey, could you guys make sure my rates are in line with
what you are charging."

And the NC guvmnt can do whatever they want.  Unless of course the step
on uncle sam's toes.

I understand wanting to discuss rates, as consulting fees(especially in
software development) are not generally advertised and it is hard to
discern what the market will bear.  But if you have a client that is
unhappy with you, and then that client finds that you discussed the rate
for his job on a public forum with competitors, that might cause
problems for you in this litigation happy society.  Better to discuss
over beers, where there isn't a electronic trail.

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Ray
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 7:15 AM
To: 'Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list'
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] OT: Developer Rates

Well, I reckon they'll just have to gone on and sue my ace for publicly
posting the information on my web site as does the State of North
Carolina.

Jim Ray, MCSE
Network Engineer
Neuse River Network, Inc.
2610 Vanderbilt Ave
Raleigh NC 27607-7247
tel: 919-838-1672 x201 toll free: 800-617-7652
http://www.Neuse.Net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim Wright
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 7:43 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] OT: Developer Rates
> 
> Again, IANAL, but this is where I had read this previously....
> >From http://www.hwg.org/resources/faqs/priceFAQ.html ...
> 
> "Is it illegal to discuss pricing?
> The short answer: YES (at least in the U.S. where many of our members
> are).

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