Just curious ... what would you consider reasonable?
Kind regards,
Peter Kriens
P.S. This is NOT in my OSGi capacity ... just curious
NH> On 10/17/06, Peter Kriens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
NH>
NH> If you are serious about a standard, the 20K can not be the main problem.
NH> You should realize that the 20k is dwarfed by the cost to provide the
NH> travel and time for your employees to write the actual specifications.
NH> I beg to differ. Assumptions about European cost levels and
NH> wealthy rather than passionate companies are not necessary fair.
NH> However, that is the perogative of the OSGi Alliance to assume,
NH> irregardless of fairness and accuracy.
NH> One analogy could be that it is equally not a small task to
NH> develop a working OSGi platform, but yet we see Richard Hall
NH> accomplishing that mostly on his own. Would someone like that fork
NH> out an additional 20,000, if there was a fee associated with
NH> developing it? I doubt it, yet it dwarves in the total man-hours
NH> spent on the project. Go figure.
NH> Now, back to Marcel's question; How does the Alliance plan to
NH> deal with less central specifications/standards, which the
NH> Alliance doesn't consider critical and would not be developed due
NH> to lack of "man power" and "company weight"??
NH> Cheers
NH> Niclas
NH>
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