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« on: December 13, 2020, 10:15:16 PM »
I understand the concern about xSchedule being either an extra piece of software that gets installed with no option to skip and about xSchedule always being a part of xLights, and I realize that xLights started off a a show runner for either Matt or Sean's LOR show about 9 years ago. However, I don't think Dan makes very little or any money off of FPP and xLights. Also, many of the vendors for this hobby are fellow hobbyists who created a product or products to fulfill a need, has it manufactured (or makes it themselves), runs their on-line store and stores the inventory in their garage. Also, most of these folks are either selling the products at cost or with a razor thin margin. Like Dan, David Pitts (I think David Pitts of Falcon Controllers has a full time job), and others most have full time "day" jobs. There are some like John H. from Central, LA whose store Boscoyo grew to the point it became a full-time job and earlier this year they finally opened a facility that is not located on their residential property. I am more than grateful that Dan, David, John, and others have created the software and hardware to make this hobby much easier. After all, both FPP and xLights/xSchedule are free and I know xLights is open source and I think FPP might be, but I am not sure. If you are a software developer, ask Dan and Capt Murdoch, etc. what you can do to help. Thanks, Tom