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@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, ONE HUNDRED MILLION US.. Hmm, that is not even one US$ per person....