Dear Rene,
I really appreciate your point about the differences and distinctions
between the groups. I would say that there are some common areas.
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Rene Churchill wrote:
Um, no. VtSDA is about the _business_ of software development,
not the methods of software development. They don't care what
language it's developed in.
Language is a tricky term to use here.
Having been a member and gone to a bunch of meetings, the
discussions are about finding funding/grants, hiring/keeping
employees, contract negotiations, market size, etc.
But also about development of products. They also have a distinct bias
towards "Commercial" e.g. Monopoly products. Sad but true.
It's entirely appropriate for the State to fund VtSDA with some
limited funds as it's an organization trying to increase the
number of businesses that make their money by selling/making
software.
More about selling. Can the development of Open Source software become a
cottage industry in Vermont with a state sanctioned closed source monopoly
product orientation that extends into state sponsored trade associations?
Software companies pay fairly well and bring money in from out of state
instead of just churning the funds that are already here. Assuming that
the VtSDA is successful, then the state will get their grant money back
via an increased tax base.
This begs the question of comparison with the VAGUE mission, but your
thoughts and observations are excellent and well reasoned.
Thank you and...
Kindest Regards,
Flint
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