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Boeing says I do not qualify to sell a Boeing FS plane!
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Blackbird686
SOH-CM-2025
Ok then... so if Boeing won't let Bill create and market a "flight sim model" of the "Preditor", I wonder if IRIS Simulations, AlphaSim, Commercial Level Simulations, Wilco Publications... etc, all have experienced the same feedback from other Real World Aircraft Manufacturers?
I have seen alot of "freeware" Boeing models, mostly from "Project Open Sky", however.
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I have seen alot of "freeware" Boeing models, mostly from "Project Open Sky", however.
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Francois
FS Veteran
I doubt that very much, knowing that most 'companies' are one-man bands and often working on the side of other things.
I, for one, will not even bother to ask anymore.... (yes, i tried a few times myself).
I also have a very pronounced opinion on large corporations, having been in the top of a few of them, and not agreeing with their 'big wigs' and 'marketing guys'.
I have been blessed Francois. I have been not only given special permission in some cases, but even sent drawings to make the planes from. They saw the really good potentials from the advertising of their products, and I in turn put in direct links to their company sites for customers to follow.
I had hoped this would have worked for Epic. Kodiak (Quest Aircraft) were able to use the addon for their own uses, which was great for them as well.
Lanceair was a different story, lol.. eeks.. (remembers the commercial; 'wooots in yer wallet!?' )
I had hoped this would have worked for Epic. Kodiak (Quest Aircraft) were able to use the addon for their own uses, which was great for them as well.
Lanceair was a different story, lol.. eeks.. (remembers the commercial; 'wooots in yer wallet!?' )
Bjoern
worst developer ever
warchild
Charter Member
Biill,
I think Boeing is making a dumb decision.
If you ever want to work with Lockheed Martin, let me know. I'm not saying I'm a big cog in the company, but I am in the company!
Ken
at least Lockheed didnt lose their cajones after the SST wars..
K
Ken Stallings
Guest
Though I totally disagree with Boeing's decision because I find it shortsighted, I must also disagree with some of the view expressed here.
The key issue is does Boeing have a right to refuse to let others profit in any way off their designs?
The answer must remain yes.
The issue of freeware has absolutely no relationship. This is about a for-profit business which is inspired by the work of another for-profit business to market a virtual copy. Now, if you created something, you have a right to say no. It matters not what you and I think. It matters what the company who created the product thinks.
In this nation, that's freedom.
Bill understands this as well as anyone because he relies upon that freedom to create as he desires. No one can stop him from original thought and original creations. The law also protects his creations from unauthorized use. Boeing is merely exercising the same right which Bill holds vital to his operation. Take that right away from him and it might change his entire willingness to work so hard and well as he does. Further, that right doesn't get abridged merely due to the size and profit of the company in question. It it did, then someone poorer or smaller than Bill could claim he owes them a favorable decision.
That's the way it works, folks. And frankly, there is no other honorable way it can work.
Ken
The key issue is does Boeing have a right to refuse to let others profit in any way off their designs?
The answer must remain yes.
The issue of freeware has absolutely no relationship. This is about a for-profit business which is inspired by the work of another for-profit business to market a virtual copy. Now, if you created something, you have a right to say no. It matters not what you and I think. It matters what the company who created the product thinks.
In this nation, that's freedom.
Bill understands this as well as anyone because he relies upon that freedom to create as he desires. No one can stop him from original thought and original creations. The law also protects his creations from unauthorized use. Boeing is merely exercising the same right which Bill holds vital to his operation. Take that right away from him and it might change his entire willingness to work so hard and well as he does. Further, that right doesn't get abridged merely due to the size and profit of the company in question. It it did, then someone poorer or smaller than Bill could claim he owes them a favorable decision.
That's the way it works, folks. And frankly, there is no other honorable way it can work.
Ken
We miss you doing your own work too, Bill. I think I must have every one of your early prototype aircraft, and sci fi stuff. Still fly the heck out of some of them.
TeaSea
SOH-CM-2014
I must agree with Ken, but Bill, I'd ask you to go back and try talking to Boeing through their Publicity and advertising folks.
Often one side of an organization has a different view of the other. I would view any model as part of a Boeing advertising campaign. If you'e already been talking to them, then work it from another angle.
Your view of the world is often shaped by where you're sitting at the time.
Ken, I got my Instrument Rating last month......
Often one side of an organization has a different view of the other. I would view any model as part of a Boeing advertising campaign. If you'e already been talking to them, then work it from another angle.
Your view of the world is often shaped by where you're sitting at the time.
Ken, I got my Instrument Rating last month......