[openbeos] Re: Couple of non-sequiters

> >Last but not least, it would set an example, and I would NOT
> >be surprised if a bigger company or philantrophic supporter
> >would chip in a little more than $5, seeing that the
> >community is putting its money where its mouth is rather
> >than just waiting for someone to pony up the funds (which
> >ain't gonna happen).
> 
> This does happen.  beunited.org's legal bill was 10K for the MS 
> filing, 
> but we only had to raise $2500, as 3 other parties NOT from within 
> our 
> community (under anomity) committed to matching whatever we could 
> raise 
> up to the $2500 mark (otherwise we'd have said "no" - 10K is an awful 
> lot of cash for an org with next to nothing in assets).  So it worked 
> out for us well - and proved that those types are about.  They won't 
> give it for free, but they'll give it to those that deserve it 
> (meaning 
> can raise their own cash too).

What a complete waste of money.

You filed a complaint on behalf of a company that has already gone 
bust, in support of a product that you are probably never going to get 
your hands on again.

I wonder how much of that money could have been plowed into private 
developers developing much needed software for BeOS, or how many specs 
could have been bought from various companies for hardware, or how much 
server space, bandwidth etc. could have been donated to OSBeOS 
projects.

I do hope BU spends money more wisely than this in the future, even if 
its just 2.5k.

Thanks

Andrew Edward McCall
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