The reason I am asking is that in the text you say "if your company/research group would be interested", which tends to not invite individuals.
Ok, so individuals should sign it, too? Cheers, Doru On 16 Feb 2011, at 23:01, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > both > this is a user and industrial consortium. > may be I'm a dreamer but I would like something open to the community in > general. > > > Stef > > On Feb 16, 2011, at 10:11 PM, Tudor Girba wrote: > >> Just a question: are you interested only in companies/groups or also >> individuals? >> >> Cheers, >> Doru >> >> >> On 16 Feb 2011, at 16:38, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: >> >>> Dear Pharoers >>> >>> We are pursuing an effort to bring Pharo to the next level: we will set up >>> a consortium of pharo users and industrial partners. Our goal is to build a >>> legal infrastructure that will be able to sustain the development of Pharo >>> and improve its future. As an example, we would like to be able to collect >>> funds (ways as to be determined - we foresee a membership model or moral >>> license) to pay engineering tasks to be performed such as improving the >>> virtual machine, network libraries, better JIT support. To make it short we >>> would like to give a chance to our community to grow and structure itself >>> so that Pharo can get stronger and that risk (truck factor) gets minimized. >>> >>> We are contacting you to know if your company/research group would be >>> interested to support such effort. Showing such interest is strategically >>> important for us and INRIA which could also support such effort. Attached >>> is the letter of support that we will collect once signed and scanned ( >>> [email protected] / faxed at: 00 33 (0)3 59 57 78 50) >>> >>> Thanks for your support >>> >>> The Pharo Board >>> >>> M. Denker, S. Ducasse, and A. Lienhard >>> >>> <Pharo-LetterOfSupport-EN-V2.doc> >> >> -- >> www.tudorgirba.com >> >> "Presenting is storytelling." >> >> > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Value is always contextual."
