Michael Lazzaro wrote: > On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 09:40 AM, Garrett Goebel wrote: > > > > <out-of-place-rant> > > I'm disappointed that The Perl Foundation (TPF) has been so > > quiet and unresponsive on support for our core language > > designers and architects. I dropped a note to all the TPF > > contacts over a week ago, and have yet to receive a reply. > > It is a sad state of affairs when a language as prevalent > > as Perl and with such a strong sense of community can be so > > disorganized and lacking when it comes to financial > > sustenance. > > </out-of-place-rant> > > It's worse than that, IMO. Think of all the businesses that benefit > from Perl... it's bloody *everywhere*. It's the, what, fourth most > popular language, after C/C++/Java, according to that > monster-job-search-based-statistic on slashdot. And yet the entire > population of the Perl-using planet can't support 4 or 5 full time > designers/developers? Have we just not been effective in getting the > word out, or are businesses truly that cheap? Does Perl need to be > made into a commercially supported product, w/ venture capital, a'la > other recent open source pkgs, in order to get funded?
Don't forget giving credit where credit is due. YetAnother has accomplished a good deal. I don't understand the current relative silence, but they did setup and administer The Perl Foundation (TPF). Quite a number of companies and individual did fund TPF's 2002 grants (http://donate.perl-foundation.org/index.pl?node=Fund+Drive+Details&selfund= 2). O'Reilly and ActiveState have for a long time employeed a substantial number of people who spend a significant amount of time improving Perl. And don't forget the folks and hardware donations behind CPAN. There are doubtlessly many other organizations which support people like ValueClick has Ask. I just don't follow the lack of active and organized financial support for Perl6... I may not have the time, knowledge, and ability to contribute much to Perl6 language design or Parrot. But, point me where I can send a check that'll support Larry, Damian, and Dan. That for the moment, I can still manage... I'll shut up now. No need to mention that this belongs on advocacy. -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
