Re: history, vision, and politics

georgina o. economou wrote:
 > I am speaking about the differece between XF86 and your projects is that XF86
 > is self-sustaining because it is driven by committment and vision, not dollars
 > and cents. That's what you have to have, and if everyone is there just because
 > they are paid to,  well when the jobs/money stop so does the project.

The X.Org Foundation is just like XFree86 in this respect - some people are volunteers,
others are involved because their employer supports them.  Some people, like me, would
continue on, though obviously less active, even if their employer stopped supporting
the work or they stopped working for their current employer.

	-Alan Coopersmith-           [email protected]
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering