Marc Perkel wrote:

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> michael chang wrote:
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>>On 8/31/05, Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>Marc Perkel wrote:
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>>>>Well - if it's so easy then what don't you just do it?
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>>>I fund the things no one else will fund out of my pocket.  The rest I
>>>wait for sponsors for.  I can only do so much, so I try to do what no
>>>one else will do.
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>>And if he won't say it, I'll at least say that I'm rather greatful for this. 
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> I'm a little confused in that most open source projects have an army
> of volunteer programmers as opposed to paid proframmers - or - they
> have a strongly interested corporate partner. Reiser 4 has extreme
> potantial as anyone can see and I would think that the "big boys"
> would want it - so - why isn't it happening?
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> Also - how much funding are we talking about?

About $30-$40k per month is what is needed.  Volunteers are great for
things like some individual plugins, but a plugin infrastructure
requires full-time professionals. 

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