On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 12:15, _nasturtium wrote: > > > 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. > > > > You should try running a business when you grow up. Then you will > > discover the perilous position that having only a single customer can > > place you in. > > Looks like my post was a bit incomplete - Reiser is also sponsored by SuSE > (formerly mp3.com), ApplianceWare and BigStorage Inc. You can verify it by > going to www.reiserfs.com. Having 4 probably contracted sponsors is a good > way to have a business. Read "The Code Book" (Simon Singh) or any good > history book and you will find that the Enigma cipher machine was bought > almost totally by the German military. Scherbius, the inventor, made a LOT > of money.
One example does not prove the generic case. For every inventor who makes a lot of money there are at least 100 who don't. Most new businesses don't last 2 years, most small businesses don't last 10 years. If you run a business and want it to last you have to have contingency plans and backups. Tieing everything to one source of income is very dangerous for a small business, especially if what you are doing is not a core business area for your customer. ReiserFS isn't important enough for the US government to take such a risk. Also Hans just mentioned that Applianceware went out of business, surely that demonstrates how it is better to have multiple sources of income. > There is only one use of the user-pays support every few day - someone > commented it was because there are hardly any errors. If questions can be > answered on this list, why would anyone pay??!! Hans Reiser is too helpful > on this list - if he didn't answer namesys would make a lot more money. So now you're saying that Hans is too helpful for his own good and that he should cease providing free help? > What do you mean by when you grow up? Perhaps you should resit the German > history test - if you're even a freshman. What is the relevance of German history to ReiserFS discussion? -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
