Re: [ECOS] NASTY bug in eCos ConfigTool 1.3.1.2 Win32

["Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>]

>There are all sorts of wonderful host side improvements and new tools that
>would help users a lot, but they won't happen without some level of
>(paying) customer demand.

Then why doesn't Red Hat ask for expressions of interest in group funding 
for eCos? Set a deadline, and say that if "x" EoI's are received by that 
date, everybody's credit card will be charged $99.95 or whatever and work 
will begin. Everyone who subscribes gets a vote. Work priorities are set by 
each individual to-do item's popularity, as measured by votes cast by 
subscribers.

Individual hobbyists and people experimenting with eCos can't individually 
supply the funding for ports and other work. But collectively a fairly 
small number of them would suffice to fund a lot.

You can preserve the revenue stream from your existing large customers by 
the fact that they get individual tech support.

Yes, we could get together as individual hobbyists and form a corporate 
entity, but that would involve lots of bickering and it's unlikely to 
happen. Easier if the central entity is RH itself.

Personally, I'd be willing to pay about $20 a month for this, or maybe as 
much as a $200 one-time (annual?) charge (Yes, I know $20 x 12 > $200).


-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
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