From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Fundind Reiser Development Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:54:40 -0700 Message-ID: <43160B00.8090103@namesys.com> References: <1125380557.9589.3.camel@gentoo> <4313FE21.8080709@namesys.com> <019d01c5ad68$4d5fdfa0$d60310ac@homedom> <43147EFE.2020804@perkel.com> <43150100.40304@namesys.com> <43153918.2090402@perkel.com> <4315589D.6070908@namesys.com> <4315C07C.8000309@perkel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <4315C07C.8000309@perkel.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Marc Perkel Cc: michael chang , Reiserfs List Marc Perkel wrote: > > > michael chang wrote: > >>On 8/31/05, Hans Reiser 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 - marc@perkel.com > >Spam Filter: http://www.junkemailfilter.com > My Blog: http://marc.perkel.com > >