Prior to Doug offering to donate to EMC's development, I have made the same offer. Kirk correctly comments that this was not received enthusiastically. Why not? (Gentle "Why not?") Cars are manufactured for commercial sale and the number of car hobbyists and tinkerers is huge! What is missing in my perspective? It would seem to me that thankful commercial ventures like Doug, others and myself making contributions would enable EMC to organize and fund events, pay for web server time (I have to pay for my website to be on the internet), perhaps forward a percentage of the donations received by EMC to the Linux development, etc. Wouldn't the hobbyist and the tinkerer benefit from the advancements that may be driven by commercial need and commercial contribution to enable the need being met?
Any comments Ray H., Steve S.? Jim PS (Comments above are my thoughts. I'm not mad at anybody and I am not seeking to "stir the pot". Just sharing my 2 cents and am interested in others perspective on this issue. I actually have turned down retrofit work due to the lack of ability to go commercial with this software. That was disappointing.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wallace" <[email protected]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] What's coming in manufacturing > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
