> > But if DevCo invests money into the project, they want to gain
> > something too. And this is the main danger, since if they play
> > unfair we might loose our project.
>
> How would that work? How can we loose the project? The only scenario I
> can see is if they hire 10..20 people, and keep on hiring every
> capable body that shows up. Is that realistic?

The project and the core development team is not enough for our
project. Our strength is our community. We have managed to attract a
lot of ex-Borland customers (read Steve's response), but they can
attract them back. After that we will have to start from the blank
page as it was in year 2000 I guess.

Roman