[OSCOM] Raising kids

>> OSCOM might have a value proposition to its members - this should  
>> be  worked out.
>>
>> Does anyone know of similar constellations in other areas of life?  
>> I  mean, if it comes down to it, competition in the OS world is at  
>> least  as hard as in the closed source world. We all need to pay  
>> the rent,  and with current OS business models that works for very  
>> few people.  Then there are those that maybe just do it for fun -  
>> do those people  have anything in common with the former group? Is  
>> commercial open  source evil in the eyes of theose that preach  
>> pure-play?
>
>
> everyone needs to make a living and I don't think that there are  
> many people
> within the FOSS CMS environment which are doing this for pure fun.
> So, being commercially interested isn't a problem at all.


I know. But the question is: can one org stand for both parties - the  
pure-play's and the "professional OS" guys? Does it want to?


>> There are many questions... OSCOM needs to think about what it  
>> wants  to by to whome, and why.
>
>
> write into the Wiki (which doesn't exist at the moment) what you  
> think OSCOM
> should stand for.

ok


>> Any you don't need OSCOM to have cross project collab.
>
> why not?

I don't see any added benefit in it. If I want to collab on  
something, I join the project I want to join.

>> Thats already  happening through all OS-infrastructure projects  
>> out there anyways.
>
> don't you think the [email protected] helps?

No

>> Questions on my mind are:
>> a) how can I make a living (in the OS world),
>
> just being curious, but why does it need to be the OS world for you?

What is the OS world?

We started Magnolia after we have worked for many years with  
commercial alternatives that made it hard for us to understand how we  
could do what the customers wanted, and how we could reuse what we  
did - and because no OS alternatives were available that looked at a  
programm from a user's point of view. I am programmer by profession,  
and have written a fare share of code in my life. I know the benefit  
of having the code available.

Its great fun to do what I am doing now, I have talked and written  
about OS in the past and like what we are doing.

- Boris