An anoymous person wrote:
> > SAGE is such a paradox. How are these things going to get done by a
> > volunteer community? Especially the boring things. I can't figure it
> > out. But then I can't figure out how any project like this gets off
> > the ground at all.

It's not a paradox.  The point is that SAGE is
very much *not* only a volunteer committee.  I hire four undergrads
at 19/week to work on SAGE -- they are not volunteers at all -- SAGE
is their job, and have hired a grad student full
time most of the year too (different students each quarter).

Anyway, you could make the same "its a paradox remark" about
many many things, e.g., Linux, people who work at food kitchens,
many NGO's, etc.  Also, what is boring to you is not necessarily
boring to everybody.

William

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