On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:41:21PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > the biggest issue right now is just what happens next. the MMA is > going to sponsor a mailing list. the initial requirements gathering > phase of the process will be open to the public, but the current > thinking is that the design phase after that will be restricted to MMA > members. if that happens, i propose that LAD organizes to raise the > $450 or so that it would take to register a corporate membership of > some kind.
Agreed. I'l chip in my share. It may even be the thing that saves it from totally excessive design-by-committee. > there was a slight air of "this is never going to work" that hung in > the room, but at the same time, there was also a sense of "its time we > did this". the absence of digi was very notable - if they are really > the 800lb gorilla that everybody thinks they are, its a bit of a > problem. I'm not convinced it will work myself, but we have to give it a try right? > digidesign, we had the whole group in that room. i used to have > friends who could have bought most of the companies represented there > out of their own personal accounts :)) people planning on getting rich > in this field are out of their minds. I'm just glad its not making me too poor ;) - Steve
