Kendall,
I have no real choice but to make a public response to your email.
I pretty much organized the donation from id while Brian was on
holidays. I've taken seven months off paid work primarily to work on
Mesa. As you might guess, after that time, the bank balance was looking
a little rust
On Tue, 18 May 1999, Kendall Bennett wrote:
> Anyway, the more I thought about this and the more we discussed it
> amongst ourselves here at SciTech, the more we realised that the
> problem is that there is currently no mechanism for any commercial
> organisation to put funding behind Mesa.
I
I see your point, Kendall, but the donation from id to Keith was
sort of a special case. As he explained, Keith was doing a lot
of work for free and completing the work was in jeopardy. I sure
appreciate Keith and id's commitment to finishing this valuable work.
In the future, I'll scrutinize a
Brian Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I see your point, Kendall, but the donation from id to Keith was
> sort of a special case. As he explained, Keith was doing a lot of
> work for free and completing the work was in jeopardy. I sure
> appreciate Keith and id's commitment to finishing this v
"Stephen J Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Anyway, the more I thought about this and the more we discussed it
> > amongst ourselves here at SciTech, the more we realised that the
> > problem is that there is currently no mechanism for any commercial
> > organization to put funding behind
Keith Whitwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have no real choice but to make a public response to your email.
Thank you.
> I pretty much organized the donation from id while Brian was on
> holidays. I've taken seven months off paid work primarily to work
> on Mesa. As you might guess, after
Kendall Bennett wrote:
>
> Keith Whitwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm a little sorry you chose to word your email as if there was
> > some conflict. The point you make about sourceXchange is a good
> > one, and John Carmack lamented (in the style of all good
> > businessmen) that Mesa
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Kendall Bennett wrote:
> Yes, I agree that this is one of the best ways for people to get paid
> for their work. This is how we sponsor development of Mesa, by having
> out paid employees work on the code and contribute it back to the
> community. This is also really how K
