oh, I (almost) agree! The thing that I don't agree with is that _often_ you get $50k worth of work for $1k. It _may_ seem this way at a first glance, but a lot of projects end up being cancelled (wasting everybody's time) and if you do get something for your money, on the medium/long run it will cost you the same and more: for lost time, bad choices, no support, difficulty to update/upgrade the product, etc, etc. Lately, the entire "Development" field has gotten a bad vibe, of mis-understood, unreliable and difficult to control wizards.

And I think it's time for buyers to be educated on how this should work.

I'm not even going for these guys anyway, I don't need the buyer looking to spend $200 for a Google clone (yes, I've seen this), I don't need the guy selling crap for $5/hour, crap that needs to be re-written completely for it to work, I don't need arrogant asshole buyers, or low-bid cheap spammers.

We want to attract the enterprise market. That means A LOT less projects, paid submissions, reviews every step, guaranteed support from contractors, bug-free warranties, higher costs and significantly better service.

As you said, it's a very much uphill battle, but I'm willing to try (or else I'll go back to feeling sorry for myself). So, I need all the support I can get, sign-up.