On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:01:40 -0700 Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:51:05 -0700 > > Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Offering monetary compensation is not a solution, and I believe > >> that's because the core problem isn't lack of pay -- it's lack of > >> time. That's one which is really hard to solve, no matter what the > >> conditions of an open-source project. > > > > Hmm, perhaps you and others should train people instead? > > Offer to pay a student to learn FreeBSD, and to train her / him as > > developer. > > http://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode-2008.html Yes, I know about Google SoC, and it is a good thing (a _very_ good thing). I was thinking more along the lines that if offering money for fixing stuff doesn't work, then maybe getting more interest (in addition to SoC) would work better. Therer must be a reason why nobody has formed a commercial compnay to fix bugs / develop new features fro FreeBSD (either with own employees or with hired people) already. To me, that means that the demand isn't big enough to make it a viable business plan. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
