status of projects.openmoko.org

Sean Moss-Pultz sean at openmoko.com
Tue Dec 16 13:00:30 CET 2008


On 12/16/08 Rod Whitby wrote:
> > It's unfair to say that we won't pay for somebody to maintain this. 
> > > Money is not the issue. We've said this numerous times. It's 
> opportunity 
> > > cost. We've never been able to get projects* running well. It's 
> super 
> > > painful for me each time I see a community member complaining 
> about how 
> > > busted projects* is. I would rather have Openmoko not do 
> something than 
> > > do it poorly.
> > > 
> > > If somebody wants to step up and own this responsibility -- you 
> bet -- 
> > > we'll pay the bill.
> 
> OK, that's a great move.  Outsourcing to maintain a central community
> "meeting point" works just as well as openmoko maintaining it.
> 
> > > Any takers?
> 
> I've forwarded this message to the person who runs all the
> *.nslu2-linux.org infrastructure for that project (which I lead).
> 
> I won't state his name, in case he doesn't have the time available to 
> do
> this to the professional level that a paid position would require - he
> does that for free for my project, but I doubt he can do that for two
> projects  ;-) 

Awesome. Really appreciate the help Rod!

   -Sean



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