+1, I could also participate in a bounty program. On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 02:49 -0700, David E Jones wrote: > 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.
-- Matt Warnock <[email protected]> RidgeCrest Herbals, Inc.
