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in reply to Offering Plate with a twist

Everytime I hear "offering plate" I get the thought that maybe perlmonks should have a "script-for-fee-service". I'm not sure about how you could implement it, but the knowledgable monks around here, seem to be able to whip up complex scripts during a coffee break. There are always people looking for this or that task to be done by a well-thought-out script, why not offer something like: "Custom scripts: $.20 per line, sockets extra :-) " I don't want to suggest that the perlmonks start competing with the free lancers, but there may be a niche for those 100 line scripts, that some IT department needs in a hurry, and their perl-person would need 3 days to do what the monks here do in a blink of an eye.