On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Mark Hammond wrote: > When I first heard this, two things sprung to mind: > a) Why shouldnt Python push for a similar deal? > b) Something more interesting in the MS/Python space is happening anyway, > so nyah nya nya ;-) > > Getting some modest funds to (say) put together and maintain single > core+win32 installers to place on the NT resource kit could only help > Python. How much money are we talking about (no, I'm not offering =)? I wonder if one problem we have is that the folks with $$'s don't want to advertise that they have $$'s because they don't want to be swamped with vultures (and because "that isn't done"), and the people with skills but no $$'s don't want to advertise that fact for a variety of reasons (modesty, fear of being labeled 'commercial', fear of exposing that they're not 100% busy, so "can't be good", etc.). I've been wondering if a broker service like sourceXchange for Python could work -- whether there are enough people who want something done to Python and are willing to pay for an Open Soure project (and whether there are enough "worker bees", although I suspect there are). I can think of several items on various TODO lists which could probably be tackled this way. (doing things *within* sourceXchange is clearly a possibility in the long term -- in the short term they seem focused on Linux, but time will tell). Guido, you're probably the point-man for such 'angels' -- do you get those kinds of requests periodically? How about you, Mark? One thing that ActiveState has going for it which doesn't exist in the Python world is a corporate entity devoted to software development and distribution. PPSI is a support company, or at least markets itself that way. --david
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