Scott, The bounty approach is a great idea. The usual problem with this kind of thing is trying to estimate how much the whole effort will cost, or if split up then the risk that those sponsoring it can't get enough resources together to get software they can use out the other end.
With a bounty approach the expectations are pretty clear. A small part of the overall effort is implemented in exchange for a specific and pre-determined amount of money. I think that would work great for this, especially once the design is pretty complete and well-enough vetted that there is a good deal of confidence that independently developed parts will function well together as the whole starts to come together. How to bootstrap this is another question... and also perhaps where to set expectations for the total cost and time of development in order to both attract bounties and also be realistic enough to get things done. I suppose bounties for the design effort would work, but design efforts tend to be more difficult to estimate (well, IMO anyway). Whatever the case it's great to see more interest in this and I also hope something comes of it. -David On Mar 12, 2010, at 1:42 PM, ScottA wrote: > > David, > > This idea is of great interest to me and would mean a lot for my business. > I'm running QB enterprise and a home grown system at the moment but we have > a lot of double entry, etc and I'm hoping that QB will eventually take over > my entire business from accounting to ecommerce. That said, I lack the > skills to be able to participate in the development effort and therefore > rely on the community. > > However, while I am no Rockefeller I could contribute with some $ and I'd be > willing to bet that there would be others that could see the benefit from > your ideas and also contribute. Is there any way that you and the other > committers could try to monetize some of the development that the user > community would like to see versus having to engage the services of a single > OFBiz provider? Call it a bounty system or whatever but it’s the only way I > can see where I could help move the project forward. > > Just an idea for what it’s worth since I would hate to see this idea fall by > the wayside. > > Thanks. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n4.nabble.com/EZBiz-tp1589812p1591114.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
