On Thursday 21 February 2008 06:25:42 Joshua Gatcomb wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I could take a month's sabbatical from my day job for $5000 without losing > insurance coverage or other benefits. That's slightly more than Audrey's > $100/day, I know, but it's substantially less than my consulting rate and > somewhat less than my salary too. I could probably make 100 - 150 > high-quality commits to Parrot in that 30 day period. Perhaps more. > > I'm probably not the only Parrot/Perl 6 hacker in this situation. > > > I was beginning to wonder if my post to the thread had gotten > > eaten. Thanks for replying. I probably didn't do a good job of > > tying the two portions of my reply together, but if I were to go > > to the donation page and I saw > > > > Project: Allow chromatic for 1 month to work exclusively on parrot > > Deliverables (if applicable): 100 - 150 high quality commits > > Required: $5000 > > Current: $0 > > > > I would be very inclined to make a donation. In fact, if you can > > find 9 other people willing to do so - I will cut a check for > > $500 any time you are ready. That's besides the point.
Not to me it isn't. :-) Count me in as person #1 of the 9 others. > > I don't believe "just getting more money" is the solution. I > > think we need to do a number of things: > > > > 1. Identify people, like you, who are in a position to trade > > time for money and the projects they will work on > > 2. Allow people to choose where their money will go (if that's what they > > want to do) > > 3. Do it in a way that causes the least amount of fighting Good ideas. Best regards, Conrad Schneiker www.AthenaLab.com http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6 Official Perl 6 Wiki http://www.perlfoundation.org/parrot Official Parrot Wiki
