Gentlemen,
Regarding having a president to guide the corporate development.
The president of a corporation answers to the board of directors. The
president implements the policies of the board of directors. The
president is authorized to spend money to implement the policies. The
president is authorized to hire and fire employees as necessary to
implement the policies of the board of directors. That is basically
the total job of the president of a corporation.
Is EMC incorporated?
In what state is the bank account for EMC? 'state' can have more
than one meaning.
How much does EMC pay to the developers?
The preceding two comments are meant to be facetious.
I attended the workshop in Galesburg this last June. It was very
educational. I met the five developers in attendance. I encourage
everyone interested in EMC to attend. The developers were all very
patient and helpful with anyone and everyone. They acted like the only
dumb question was the one you didn't ask.
In talking to them I learned they each paid their own way there.
They each paid their own expenses for food and lodging. None of them
were paid for their time during the workshop. They either used
personal time off or vacation time. When they were finished they
published their work for anyone to use FREE OF CHARGE. They
continually spend time, again free of charge, on the internet
answering questions and offering suggestions to anyone and everyone
with an interest in EMC. If the development of EMC has a
personal(hobby) rather than industrial emphasis it is because the
developers are GIVING their time and energy to the project. They, as
everyone, will work on the areas most interesting to them. I can't
fault them for that as I am that way also. I have employees, they have
a tendency to work most on their area of interest. The result of the
developers work is a very well written, well thought out product that
works. I appreciate their effort and work.
I have one machine using EMC with more coming shortly. This is for
a production environment. As I progress with these machines I am
prepared to pay for the development of features not in EMC. Then and
only then will I be able to say "I want EMC to do 'this'". I talked to
some of the developers at the workshop about my hiring someone outside
for development. Their only concern was "would I release it under
GPL?". If I pay for development I fully intend to release it under
GPL. They implied they would help me with my project even if I didn't
release it under GPL but they would much prefer me to release my
project under GPL. I understand and respect that position.
I have asked for features to be included. So far the developers
have included almost everything I have asked for. Sometimes it takes a
little convincing. The dialog during the convincing is always fun.
They can ask very pointed questions. Sometimes, it takes a while to
reach a mutual understanding of the situation or of the proposed
feature.
Anyone wishing to contribute would find help from the developers.
I, too, have a more industrial shop focus instead of personal shop
focus. I use the term personal instead of hobby. I don't see a
disconnect or a divergence from industrial and personal. The more
features in each environment make for a more rounded useful control.
I suggested to one developer that EMC could stand for Enhanced
Motion Controller or Enhanced Multi Controller. It could also be
Everything Multi Controller. I can see this controlling your home,
shop, car and any industrial or personal process. I may have it
controlling an anodizing line before too long. Let's see how much
better and more flexible it can be.
Maybe I misunderstood the proposed role of a president. My
comments are my opinion and only my opinion. If I am wrong, talk to
me.
In conclusion, an unpaid board of directors and unpaid developers
will not be very well served by an unpaid president. This is a wide
open project. Anyone can download it. Anyone can use it. Anyone can
modify it. Anyone can contribute.
thanks for listening
Stuart
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