But on the other hand offering corporate contract prices to indie programmers is just asking to be roasted :P
I don't know why you guys think you can get indie developers to work for an order of magnitude less than everyone else. What makes you think developing games is more inexpensive than developing other software?In all the years this forum has existed there has been at least a dozen or so semi-serious projects hiring people to do real work - none of which got any response.
Am I being negative? Am I being realistic? Am I being a dick? Prove me wrong.
I do have a problem with you and the way you put down anyone with an idea of their own.
I'm sorry. I wasn't aware that wishing someone good luck with their project is putting them down.