Martijn Tonies wrote:

> Now, what would be a sensible answer to this...
>
> How about: care to build it yourself?
>
> Or: care to hand over a bag of $$ so that more people can devote
> time to this?

How about

If this feature is important to your business, have you
considered sponsoring its development and testing? Note that as
well as getting the feature you want included in an agreed timescale
you get the added bonus of having your company name associated with
the development (publicity is expensive and firebird is now a
"known brand").
Also do not forget that warm fuzzy feeling when you have done good :-)


Really guys - you need to *sell* yourselves to the folks with the $$ :-)

Jacqui