On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:11 AM, David Reyes Samblas Martinez <da...@tuxbrain.com> wrote: > Dear colleges distributors, > Due Risto and Aapo initiative about programing contest, and the post > of Risto about "Pay for your Open Source software!" in his blog makes > me realize than people like me with not enough time/skills to drive a > moderate/high complex software project to success, can collaborate > in more than just test or spread this software.Cofundos.org will help > to boost any idea you have in mind and give a opportunity to earn some > money to people that have this time/skills you not have, but It's > even greater than this , and this is the main reason I wrote this > message, we can JOIN efforts easily .
This is a great initiative and I have an idea for a feature - perhaps PIM in SHR can be a Cofundos project? SHR seems quite promising but my only reservation is that I can't easily import my contacts, for example by sending it via bluetooth. See - http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Stable_Hybrid_Release#Address_Book Shall we make SHR PIM enhancements a project on Cofundos? Cheers, Fred. > > We are about 25 distributors around the world with different sizes and > points of view but surely we have a lot of coincidences on what > software we want to be able to offer to our costumers in the Neo, and > surely we receive from costumers the same kind of inputs about what > they want. Surelly most of you, like me, doesn't have enough resources > to hire a developer or to move enough community critical mass to > fulfill some of this needs alone... I don't know what you feel about > this but for me is a very frustrating situation. > > But now the great news, we don't have to stay alone in that situation > :), initiative like cofundos can help us to share does needs and if > enough resources are joined and I'm not just talking about money, each > of us reach developers dificult or imposible to reach by the others > for example, some of those needs can be successfully achieved. > > To preach with examples I have started one of those projects myself > Voip on Neo Freerunner, but I'm not talking about fix Linphone to work > or port ekiga, I'm talking about VoIP be supported in the core of the > distributions, using FSO and integrate it on Paroli to be as easy to > use like an standard gsm call, and the hole system can react to their > events through dbus... pretty, isn't it? ;) . Who will not pay a > couple of euros to have in his store a free phone able to do that... > doing that :) > Here is the link to the project http://cofundos.org/project.php?id=153 > This is only an example, I ear about VoIP very often, and I know there > will be users even companies interested if they can switch from GSM to > wifi VoIP whatever an acces point is accesible for example. > Well sure you get the point :) now let me address to my ... > > Dear Developers. > Don't be shy :) if you have the knowledge/time to provide a solution > that fulfill requirements just tell us to know if we can afford it or > not, the proposed example http://cofundos.org/project.php?id=153 is > not a one day job i think will be quite amount of work, so I invite > development companies or groups to make offers too, taking in count > the solution has to be Free software and able to go upstream. > Also I invite all developers with a project in mind or even already > started but pending to finish/improve by lack of founds, may be you > find people interested in invest part of that money > > Dear colleges users , > There are only about 25 distributors but we are are about thousands > users, our support to those initiative we like is vital for them and > now we can have the opportunity to request features with more than > complains :) even an euro to demonstrate interest about a project or > feature requested will help to make it real quicker than waiting for > it and you will have the satisfaction to being part of the solution > instead of only an spectator. > > Well... enough words for one post... > > I will be glad to receive your comments > > Regards > -- > David Reyes Samblas Martinez > http://www.tuxbrain.com > Open ultraportable & embedded solutions > Openmoko, Openpandora, GP2X the Wiz, Letux 400, Arduino > Hey, watch out!!! There's a linux in your pocket!!! > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
