Marc Perkel wrote: > > > michael chang wrote: > >>On 8/31/05, Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Marc Perkel wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Well - if it's so easy then what don't you just do it? >>>> >>>> >>>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. >>> >>> >>> >> >>And if he won't say it, I'll at least say that I'm rather greatful for this. >>^^ >> >> >> > 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? > > 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. >-- >Marc Perkel - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Spam Filter: http://www.junkemailfilter.com > My Blog: http://marc.perkel.com > >
