Re: looks like it's happening everywhere but the US.

Taran Rampersad wrote:

> If it falls through the cracks, it falls through the cracks. That's 
> evolution. Tommorow something could happen to bring the same dead 
> project to the forefront, and to life. The same financial project you 
> are speaking of - in competing for the interest of developers, has 
> been put to the side - for now. Maybe later. There's a lot of good 
> stuff coming out of Sourceforge. Breaking eggs, making omelettes.
>
> And actually - I quit Honeywell because I grew bored. I really did 
> love writing test software for INUs. Most people wouldn't, but I did. 
> I did it for 5 years and loved it. But that 6th year... well, we grew 
> apart.
> I moved on to other things. It happens that way with FLOS.  So... OK, 
> you're dealing with multibeam sonar for 26 years. I couldn't do that. 
> But they are doing something that keeps you there, be it giving you 
> enough money, great benefits or paying for your coffee. All of the 
> above, I hope. I never got Honeywell to pick up the tab for my Dunkin 
> Donuts habit. :(
>
> But you can *pay* people to write FLOS software. Fund a FLOS project 
> and the sharks will start circling. Just because it's FLOS doesn't 
> mean the developers don't have to get paid during development. RedHat 
> developers get paid to work on GNU/Linux. They do. And they give back 
> to the commons with their code. The same could happen with a DoD 
> project - or parts of it. The only thing that could keep that from 
> happening is classification. And if it's classified - someone's going 
> to end up holding and protecting the copyright. That's the game.
>
> There's a wide range of options. Things that don't fit or fall through 
> the cracks did so on their own merit. If something really needs to get 
> done, feel free to flash cash. Developers have bills too.
>
> Taran
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> Jan C. Depner wrote:
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>> I just saw this in the real world.  There is financial analysis software
>> that isn't being developed because no one in the OS community is
>> interested.
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>> I've been working on multibeam systems and software to process multibeam
>> data for 26 years.  Trust me, it's not a video game and no one will work
>> on software for them for fun.
>>
>> I don't underrate the FLOSS community.  I am a FLOSS developer in my
>> spare time.  But it's not the answer to everything.  Some things don't
>> fit or they fall through the cracks.
>>
>> Jan
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