At 02:11 PM 4/13/2009, you wrote: >On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 13:14 -0400, Doug Pollard wrote: > > I am am almost 75 years old and some kind of excited about this new > > industrial revolution that is creeping up on us all. >... snip > > Wouldn't it be something if free software changed the economy of the > > whole world?? I find this really exciting stuff and it seems it may go > > as far as you can imagine. > > > > Doug > >I agree that the potential is there, but at this point it is hard to see >where this potential will go. > >The subject of donations to EMC2 has come up before, and it was not >received enthusiastically. I think that most of the developers feel that >this is a pastime, and bringing money into the mix would diminish the >fun. I am very curious about what could be done with EMC2 (and some sort >of CAM) if a more commercial approach where pursued. This may be an >indication that open source software and free software are are can be >very different ideas. > >-- >Kirk Wallace >http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ >http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html >California, USA
Perhaps the donations could be used to purchase things like the blank CD's, the banners, and copying costs for when a group of EMC'ers does a display like at NAMES, or Cabin Fever, or one of the European shows? Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
