In article <gemini.kq9sby004sy9e03zw.vi...@softrock.co.uk>, Vince M Hudd <vi...@softrock.co.uk> wrote: > Rob Kendrick <r...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:42:49 +0100 Tim Hill <t...@timil.com> wrote:
> > > As I said elsewhere, if the sky turns yellow with pink spots and > > > 500 people commit to support a developer, it won't necessarily be > > > me - the pledge is just worded that way. > > > > Is that clear now? > > > As mud. > Tim was, I think, saying that there quite simply _won't_ be 500 people > coming forward to make a pledge. The point he was - obtusely - making > is that users are happy to sit back and moan about how things they > aren't paying for aren't being done the way they'd like, but not > (enough would) offer financial support to make it more viable for > someone to devote more time to it. > Or something along those lines. I suspect. Quite. And not just because there are not 500 users that keen. Paying up front for stuff in /our/ marketplace is fraught with danger, whether it be for software, a magazine subscription, or a new laptop. Only 497 to go...
