Dear Colleagues, I totally agree with Mark Davies. Being a Social Entrepreneur, who has spent the last 5 years developing a generic solution that can be used by any community/organization, and having spent huge money, my concern is how do I recover the costs incurred and sustain an organiation that can grow.
I had earlier posted that most Open Source Tools are developed or proposed by International NGOs or Governments who get public funding and most international and national conferences are attended by the employees of such international organizations and Governments. How can private entrepreneurs and organizations fund open source development and attend conferences? How do they generate the money? Many corporations use Open Source as a basic tool and have advanced-priced versions and charge high service fees and sponsor Open Source conferences. Can Open Source meetings be made free for those who aspire to promote open source? Many questions go unanswered, because they are inconvenient and many answers do not address real issues. Kris Dev International Transparency and Accountability Network with Peter Burgess and others ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
