[ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?
From: "Richard Thomas" <rthomas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 15:56:03 -0400
Hi Travis;
So you're involved in this too? Not bad, will and you should bring some
fine technical and ergonomic design to the project. If you are serious about
something of a large scale, and what I've heard so far indicates that, bring
in someone with business background, a legal advisor and perhaps a CPA if
one will donate a little time to help you set up the nuts and bolts. This
will be the glue that will hold the whole thing together when times require
it so the project will continue despite individual conflicts which will crop
up from time to time. It will also take care of any questions of
proprietary considerations, Government reporting requirements and questions
of management responsibilities. If you just want to write a program or two
you won't need to do this of course but the project will fall apart within a
year or two at most. A formal structure is the glue, as I mentioned, which
will bind everyone together over time. That's why companies like J&J,
Microsoft, RedHat, et. al. become incorporated. It's not just that they
want to float stock but remain in business after the initial group leavs the
company. As a company the project will take on a life of it's own and
become it's own individual entity with it's own lifespan depending on how it
fulfils the needs of it's clients. This is perhaps even more necessary for
a non-profit company as there will not likely be full time, long term folks
in the key positions to maintain a constant and consistant hand on the
reigns. Take a look at the MySql site. That is what you are headed for and
spending some time and effort up front will avoid mistakes.
Ps. forgive my spelling, I'm not good at it and never have been and I don't
have MS Word anymore to help me.
Rick of Farmington Mich. USA
Rick of Farmington Mich. USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Montgomery" <gordon@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?
> Trovis,
> re: "...I do not fully understand the commentary about Microsoft...."
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> If this group is planning to do free work for Microsoft then it's not
> "open source" and I would not be interested.
>
> Open source software is all 100% free....that would include the OS and
> all the apps.
>
> Just because we all have bought in MS does not seem to me to be a reason
> to perpetuate the problems.
>
> g.
>
> Gordon Montgomery
> Information design consultant
> http://gmeta.com
> 512 377 9691 (w)
> 512 299 3637 (m)
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