On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Simon Taylor <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Ralf, > > Ralf Schülke wrote: > >> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:46:58 +0200, Michael Phipps < >> michael.phipps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Anyway - I think that the people in the US who might be interested and >>> capable of helping are working too many hours already at their day jobs. >>> Like me, for example. >>> >> >> I think other, haiku os is opensource as we bsd ore linux. >> Haiku inc have todo a job and when the people have not time ore fun then >> mast he play fair (fairplay) >> and say, ok i cant do this. And we can look to other alternative. >> A lot of people (developer and user) are spent time for haiku devlopment, >> for the most it is more then a hobby os ore a fun job. Also haiku inc is in >> time the orginasation behind this so far, so good ? >> > > I'm not sure I completely understand your point, but I think you have a > misunderstanding about what Haiku, Inc. actually is. It is simply a legal > entity to hold Haiku copyrights and income/donations as an official > non-profit organisation. It doesn't employ people. There is boring admin > stuff that has to be done, and often it's hard to find volunteers to do > that, and so that stuff gets left behind. As a side note, Simon, can you explain which "boring admin stuff" needs to be taken care of? I don't remember the last time I saw a call to the community for this type of help. Maybe there are some folks that would be interested in helping out. > > > I don't understand your apparent anger towards Haiku, Inc. when you are > obviously an avid Haiku follower. I had the same feeling about all of the > anger and abuse Luposian directed at the developers whilst claiming he > really wanted Haiku to succeed. > > Maybe the language barrier is getting in the way here. If you post about > your concerns in German I'm sure someone will respond :) > > Simon > > > I will see, now i am go into me and thinking ... >> > > > >> Ralf >> >> > > -- Dennis d'Entremont IT Professional CNA, MCP, A+, ITIL LinkedIn Profile - http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisdentremont http://www.techalpha.net - Tech Alpha Computer Forums http://nerfd.net - Nerfd Technologies http://eComStation.ca - Your Canadian Source for eCS and OS/2 Software! http://Haikuware.com - Software for Haiku http://Haiku-OS.org - Haiku Operating System