>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Colin> On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 08:35:35AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I have the following modest proposal : >> >> Debian should start charging for high-speed apt-get/dselect/whatever >> downloads from it's sites. 56k is free, anything faster you pay for. >> Then we can pay people to work on the not fun stuff that needs doing. >> >> And people who download ISO's to sell should be paying a LOT. >> >> And this is not a troll. Colin> Are you sure it isn't? You do that and I guarantee you most of the Colin> developers will leave. yes I'm sure it isn't. It may be in the course of discussion I will find it's a bad idea, and my thinking was wrong-headed. I will gladly admit it if that's the case. Expand on why you think developers will leave, it's not obvious to me. If I pay someone to do unfun work others don't like doing wouldn't that be a positive thing ? And shouldn't the current developers be first in line in such a system ? Or are you worried that if you can't pay _everyone_ then it will cause envy problems. I'm just guessing, please let me know your rationale. Brian
