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Re:If people tried to pay for other services like they try t... by maxawaytoolong on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @08:29PM (#2006609)
This sort of negotiation is common for things like design, photography, video, music, illustration and other creative assets. Based on the production values I'm assuming the video comes from that world, rather than the programming world.
Re:If people tried to pay for other services like they try t... by steveklabnik on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @08:41PM (#2006639)
My designer buddy says "oh yeah, that's a really old designer thing."

You appear to be correct.

Re:If people tried to pay for other services like they try t... by albemuth on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @08:56PM (#2006686)
You're right, if it were about programming there would have to be a parody for file recovery and windows installs.