Yes, most definitely from me. Jim is one incredible person and at the
conference I gained a great appreciation for him.

Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Alba" <jalba@...>
To: <IB-Architect@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [IB-Architect] My position


> Dear Ann,
>
> What the Interbase Community needs right now is a LEADER. All open source
> communities have that. Like, Linus is to Linux.
>
> But for the open source community to flourish, I noticed that the leaders
> are usually employed by established corporations.
>
> For me, the really best thing that could have happened is, for Interbase
> Corp to maintain you as President. (They pay you a salary, and perhaps the
> stock options would come later).
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> But, maybe, Jim S. can become OUR NewCo president.
>
> This way, the Interbase community rides all horses, has access to all
> possible networks (like marketing, global presence, facilities, ...)
>
> -- o- --
>
> But moving on...
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> Right now, we can see that there's a lot to do.
>
> Can we have a weighted list of priorities of things to do, so that
> volunteers can step in as task leaders / members?
>
> Question: Will Jim S. be back as NewCo mentor? I'm sure a lot of us in
this
> list kinda miss his acerbic guidance. It was great to see aspiring
> developers like us to have a giant like him around who can put reins on
our
> whims, and guide us around traps and elephant pit holes.
>
> Anyway, do thank him for me (and I'm sure from a lot of others, including
> Jason(?))
>
> Thank you, BBW. I really pray that you'll be back.
>
> Joseph Alba
> jalba@...
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