I also support this and would not have a problem at all making a personal
donation. Java support on Linux is a critical area for me. What about
O'Reilly's recent open source thing. It's a forum where developers can propose
a project and get funding from corp. entitiesm for open source projects or a
corp. can request developers for certain open source projects the corps want to
see happen. sounds like a good starting place.
Joel McCarty
Chris Kakris wrote:
> Riyad Kalla wrote:
> >
> > In regards to current Blackdown port of Java. Its not a
> > secret that its a hard task, that I understand, but it has
> > also been many many long months that this process has
> <snip>
>
> Interesting questions that you raise. I for one have been
> very happy with the work of the Blackdown team, the beta 1.2
> has been rock solid for us. However, I too have asked myself
> the same questions recently.
>
> If only we could find a benefactor who would be willing to
> bankroll the salaries of one or two of the Blackdown team
> members to work on the project full-time. Or maybe get
> enough people/businesses/institutes to donate some money
> to fund this exercise. How much money would it take and how
> many donations would be necessary?
>
> Chris Kakris
>
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