€50k is a good chunk of change. Probably not enough to get Steve's/Sun's approval on the code (which I'm sure you needed to call it Java back then), but it could definitely be enough to get something that works well enough for most uses, and can be added to by the community.
-Josh 2010/10/27 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > > 2010/10/26 Emmanuel Puybaret <[email protected]> > >> > I am pretty comfortable with the fact that it's not a scam, but come on: >> does he really expect to receive random anonymous donations that will add up >> to $50,000? >> > >> > That part seems ridiculous to me, or maybe just extraordinarily naïve. >> >> As we say in French, "La chance sourit aux audacieux" :-) >> > > I would argue that what you are doing is not exactly audacieux. Audacieux > would be for you to do the port and then present it to the world and expect > to get paid :-) > > >> I just try my chance, and stop dreaming that others will do the job. >> It would be naïve to do it for free, and I couldn't afford it anyway. >> By the way, I'm sure it won't cost $1,000,000. >> > > Probably because you are vastly underestimating the amount of effort > involved and also not factoring in all the non-straight-coding aspect of it. > > Good luck anyway. > > -- > Cédric > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald - [email protected] - http://twitter.com/sophistifunk - http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
