On 5/5/05, Chris Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To be honest, $5.00 really doesn't sound like a lot to me... but I > > can't help but wonder what kind of machine this will set in motion. > > To quote the website, "LxMSuite puts you in the drivers seat: 100% of > > the profits from the our pilot project will fund open source > > development."... what happens after the pilot program? You can't be > > giving 100% of your profits away forever... can you? > > As I've been told (by Donavan), it'll eventually be something more > around 50% go back into the bounty program, with the rest covering the > fees for the more detailed feeds, theme designers' fees, etc.
I wasn't very clear on that one myself. 100% of the *profits* will be fed back to open source development. The data fees to Tribune and the like impact the profit margin. So the key is in numbers, enough folks at $5 means everyone pays $5 forever. Too few folks means that folks outside this pilot project will end up paying more than $5 a month. The data services for EU countries (if offered) *will* cost more than $5 simply because the data from Tribune is significantly more expensive. (I don't know how much more, just that it's a lot more). _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
