Hi Hannes,

There are many reasons that financial matters are being avoided in discussion
in this list. At this point., alot of decisions are being made and the
appropriate resources compiled.
When a proper system is in place, and it's existence will not compromise those
who are doing it,
full announcements and procedures will be published.

best regards

Dalton

hannes hernler wrote:

> From: "hannes hernler" <ibo.hernler@...>
>
> >From: Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
>
> >Hasn't this subject been exhausted now? I'm sure that, if and when we need
> >to solicit funds for anything, you will find that the process will be easy,
> >secure and fully documented.
> no. sorry. I don�t think the subject has been exhausted.
> even if there are things like open source it doesn�t mean you
> don�t need to bother about money.
> I have a tiny company and I have to earn my and my family livings
> out of my programmming projects. so money is important and always
> connected with my decisions.
> I have to decide now, this January 2000, on what plattform I will build
> the future versions of my 2 major apps! both apps now use IB with native
> tools (IBO!) and cannot be ported easily to an other RDBMS or back
> afterwards.
>
> if I focus on IB again I have to be shure that it will meet my needs.
> and I am willing to pay for this.
>
> >Let's please focus on the here and now and get on with the job of
> >mobilizing our technical resources for the tasks ahead.
>
> ye and no!
> technical resources are not enough. you have to touch all aspects of
> making a product sucessul. and there�s also coordination, marketing,
> funding, infrastructure....
>
> not only RDBMS developers or low level tool&component building spezialists
> are concerned about the future of IB but many developers like me who
> are using databses in most bits of code but never think of going
> into DB development themselves.
> in terms of developer::user I am a DB user although I am a application
> developer. I need IB to develope may apps but can contribute to
> development of IB only in terms of money.
>
> in http://www2.linuxjournal.com/articles/conversations/010.html
> Dale Fuller says "....What we're setting up will be the host organization
> outside our company. We don't want to do what Netscape tried to do,
> which wasn't very successful. We need a separate entity."
>
> ....what is what IBDI is preparing as I can see.
>
> and Dale says "We are funding it, but only as one source of funding.
> We want the community to help fund it, and own shares in it. "
>
> so, when will Inprise stop funding newIB? will we see simmilar
> struggles again next year? if we developers own some single shares in it,
> how
> can we influence future of IB?
>
> so what I am thinking of is kind of a Union of developers. kind of a company
> where we own shares that owns a bigger amount of shares of newIB.
>
> hannes hernler
>