Hmmmmmmm
marc fleury wrote:
> well,
>
> sorry I am jumping late. Only today did I read it.
>
> While there is a lot of FUD, I do relate to some of the points made by MS
> guys.
> I do believe that even open source needs funding to grow and manage
> innovation :)
Some projects do, some don't. There are (and always have been) several
projects out there that, TO MY KNOWLEDGE haven't been funded. Debian,
for example, has had some gracious donations, but for the most part is
volunteer effort. I don't think that every successful open source
project needs funding.
>
> I am in that spot right now and believe me it is a bitch to figure out :)
>
> Without proper "financing of research and innovation" it isn't as fast or
> powerful as proprietary funded models.
I'm not so sure -- it really depends on the people involved, whether or
not they can "support themselves", what their personal lives are like, etc.
>
>
> There is a pragmatic solution we believe ;-)
>
We could rob a bank, I suppose ...
;-)
++Jeff
