At 11.15 07/01/2000 -0700, you wrote:

>>> I have never heard of hiriing someone for development on a open
>>> source project?
>>
>>Ah-h-h-h... I love innovation! :-)
>
>Me too! I have some ideas that I am fine tuning that I have been working on
>for over a year that I believe will strike a nice balance on this issue.
>
>The main objective I see here is finding a way that all of the InterBase
>VAR's that have built up a business around selling InterBase itself (not as
>an embedded part of a larger product) will not get the rug pulled out from
>under them. I would prefer to see a model that preserves all the benefits of
>free open source to the developers while at the same time putting the VAR's
>in a position to continue making money promoting and distributing InterBase.
>
>I believe I have the answer to this dilema and will share it with you for
>your input, etc. as soon as I get things ready. It's still a little rough
>right now...
>

I agree with you...
While developers should have their free interbase license to develop
applications,
the VARs should have the possibility to distribute Interbase (also in
custom edition if possible)
so that they can continue their business.
I think that if they can't, they would choose another solution to sell....
money is money...
Bye
Marco Lauria