On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:53, Hans Reiser wrote: > _nasturtium wrote: > >Besides, how can Reiser charge for support on something that other > > developers contributed to???!!!! > > Because almost all the developers financially depend on me. > > I can't hire several of the new developers I want because I can't pay > them even half of what they get working elsewhere. > > Hans
I was reading the FAQ on www.namesys.com and it seems Reiser4 is sponsored (but not endorsed by...) by DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency?). That seems like a good source of funds compared to your support business - your Support page only claims one request/payment every few days. Does the name of Jeremy Fitzhardinge come to mind? While I recognise that most developers are paid, the aforementioned happens to be "Volunteer. Author of hashing code. (teahash.c)". Surely the open source model would allow more contributors. Regards, _nasturtium