Hoi,
The question posed by Jimmy was what would we do with $100.000.000,-
given that there might be someone who could make such a sum available.
It is for the FSF to do what it does, it is for us to do our thing. I am
not someone that only dreams..
Time is money. Now that the war against communism has finished it is
ironic that projects like ours are very much by communities that thrive
because it is shown that there is a lot of time available for the public
good. There is also a lot of money available that can be used for the
public good. This is demonstrated really well in GNU/Linux; it really
took off after IBM invested it's billion $ in what is arguably the
biggest success of the FSF.
Crucial is to have ideals and make them work. It is like this parable of
the talents..
Thanks,
GerardM
Frederick "FN" Noronha wrote:
GerardM, Money need not be the determining factor in
determing what is
achieved. When the Free Software Foundation (and allies) went about
building a workable free software model, they didn't think money. By
reverting the logic of the game, so smartly, they've created an
'alternative' which is possibly better than the 'real thing' (assuming
the dominant Microsoft system is that).
Wonder what are the levers of change here? Maybe dreaming about things
is a start... FN
On 15/10/06, GerardM <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> ONE HUNDRED MILLION US.. Hmm, that is not even one US$ per person....
>