* Ask Bjoern Hansen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010814 23:33]:
> I know that Tim a few times have done specific enhancements to
> DBI.pm for specific amounts of money. The first versions of
> libapreq (Apache::(Request|Cookie) are the perl interfaces) was
> sponsored by Critical Path if I recall correctly.
If the module already exists, I think this can be generalized to
contacting the module author if you want specific modifications made
in a certain timeframe. If the module author doesn't have the time to
put toward it, he/she probably knows someone who does.
I know SPOPS is getting LDAP support for precisely this reason: money
has a tendency to shift priorities. And I see this as a Good Thing --
Elaine mentioned earlier that there's a danger of priorities getting
shifted away from the 'core' with this sort of sponsorship. This may
be so, but I think most module authors have sufficient hubris to
prevent this sort of corruption from happening. And I feel (or maybe
hope) that companies enlightened enough to use this sort of
arrangement wouldn't try to do such a thing.
Chris
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Building enterprise-capable snack solutions since 1988.
