There was one bit of news from CommunityOne (i.e. the JavaOne pre-show)
that I thought might have interesting consequences for the OpenSolaris
community. That was the proposal to pay open source developers for
their work. That doesn't seem like a bad idea and I am wondering how
such a thing would affect the community here. The thing that is great
about most open source communities is that the main motivation for
people is their passion for the work and the all the other benefits
gained are secondary. I would have to say that this community is no
different. From my perspective it seems that even most of the Sun
employees are involved here not just because it is their job but it
because they are really into the idea of OpenSolaris and if they weren't
getting paid by Sun they would be here anyway.
So I do not really think that if all of a sudden Sun started paying for
contributions to OpenSolaris it would make a big impact on the quality
of the contributions but I do like the idea. But if I was running the
show I wouldn't pay people in cash. Why not do something like this for
example: if there is a someone that is doing a great job why not send
them something like an Ultra 45 to use for awhile. Something like this
I would think would not only impress many contributors but also provide
them with tools to help with more contributions. It could also be
structured in such a way that Sun is "loaning" *wink, wink* the hardware
to the contributor to avoid taxes and all of that mess.
Bill
rushmores.net
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