On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:45:35 -0800 Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am still negotiating with the large industry group that approached me > about this project. When the price tag is north of $1M, it takes time. > If that works out, they would fund 3-5 engineers full-time, plus myself > and an admin to work on the aspects of this project that are important > to their industry group. And only their industry group. Thus, there is > room for participation of a number of vendors and/or industry groups, as > well as direct participation by all of the various entities that would > participate in Debian.
Are you still on good terms with some people at HP? I don't even think we need funding, per se. I wouldn't mind getting paid well for the work I do, but that's a rarity. (Why does money always need to get involved?) What I'd really like to see is a company providing input, serving as a central point for customer contact, and above all, actually *supporting* the use of the end-product. ie: not being hostile to users who run it, as is so often the case these days. I can't count the number of times I've heard horror stories from HP customers (and other vendors as well) about people being unable to RMA hardware because they're using a decent software bundle that they're familiar with and can maintain, as opposed to whatever outdated and bastardised crap was included with the hardware. Okay, that sort of turned into a rant :) I do apologise, but I'd desperately like to help dispell the stigma that's associated with anything non-Red Hat.
