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<preaching mode on>
I think we as BB community have just not started to even understand what
OPENSOURCE is all about. Frankly, as a community, we are NOT doing good
in this area.
I suggest everybody interested in pushing BB (not only interested in
keeping it alive!) should read the following article:
*
http://tinyurl.com/wqys
*Probably some of you already have read it, but most of the discussion
(and I remember this discussion has already come up once or twice) shows
ignorance about what OpenSource is, and how an OpenSource project is to
be run.
<stepping off my imaginary soap box>
Rene
> Thanks Alexander,
> I think you are doing good work!
>
> I'm a scientist not a systems administrator and every time I think that
> I have time to help in such a process I back off but cause this is not my
> inclination or desire even though it is badly needed.
>
> Hmm, let's see $24,000/year for a systems administrator divided by the
> size of the Oberon community of ?? 100 max ?? equals $240/year
> ($20/month) per person to keep BlackBox up and running.
>
> Do we have 100 people who are reading this list and actively using
> BlackBox?
>
> -Doug
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