why could you 'not go commercial'? On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Jim Fleig - CNC Services <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
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