Hi Drew, i was thinking the same just 1 month ago. I directly contacted Nebadon one of the Devs (on OSGRID) about spending some money for the physics engine. He told me that Funds are always welcome and told me to ask the physics guru Revolution Smythe. I had some nice conversation but as Nebadon said in the mail to this list, most developers are also busy in the RL. But if you like we, together can mail Offlist and see what we can do on this issue. best regards Wordfromthe Wise
_____ Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Drew Hart Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Juli 2010 16:38 An: [email protected] Betreff: [Opensim-dev] OpenSim - What's Taking so long Okay, that was my catchy title that in no way means any disrespect. I love OpenSim, have used it for years, tell everyone I meet about it and am a huge fan and supporter. Recently a question was asked about a roadmap and progress. I would like to expand on that. OpenSim has now been around for a while - like years. Yet I can't really use it for clients. So here is my question. As a non-coder, how can others help. For example, I would gladly donate some decent money if there were a coordinated fundraising event and a plan to hire a couple of full-time, very qualified developers to really move this along. Please, please, please don't take this the wrong way. This is NOT a criticism. I know this is done by volunteers and I know that this is more ambitious than Second Life, but have we looked at other solutions to move the process along. I think there are a lot of people like me who would contribute. But, and I stress this. Me donating say $1,000 by myself isn't going to do anything. We would need a serious fundraising drive, and specific and talented people that we could hire full-time as consultants/coders to really move this along. I would imagine I am not the first to suggest this. But every day I see this awesome product I want to use, yet it seems months or years away from stable wide-spread use. There are now several web sites that help in fundraising. I am sure many of you read about the NYU students that raised several hundred thousand dollars in a short time so they could spend their summer coding a Facebook clone (sort of). Now if 4 undergrads can get that kind of money for a Facebook clone, why hasn't OpenSim tried something similar. These fundraising sites are hot right now - let's take advantage of them! Please read: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nyregion/12about.html The article was written before they raised much more money. <http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nyregion/1 2about.html?scp=3&sq=nyu%20programmers&st=cse> Drew
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