Re: State of Beta (2)

That sounds good save two things. We need to state what are the project run
dates and what happens at or around the due date. That to say we have the
deliverable for testing (beta ready), more time is needed to complete core
features (alpha ready) and therefore more funds are needed, project is one hold
due to features needed outside the scope of the project, etc, etc, etc...

You get the idea.

Quoting "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>:

> Hello,
>
> O.k. here are my thoughts on how this could work:
>
> Command Prompt will set up an escrow account online at www.escrow.com.
> When the Escrow account totals 2000.00 and is released, Command Prompt
> will dedicate a
> programmer for one month to debugging, documenting, reviewing,
> digging, crying,
> screaming, begging and bleeding with the code. At the end of the month
> and probably during
> depending on how everything goes Command Prompt will release its
> findings. The findings
> will include a project plan on moving forward over the next 5 months
> (if that is what it takes) to
> produce the first functional pg_upgrade.
>
> If the project is deemed as moving in the right direction by the
> community members and specifically
> the core members we will setup milestone payments for the project.
>
> What does everyone think?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
> Dennis Gearon wrote:
>
> > I had already committed $50/mo.
> >
> > Robert Creager wrote:
> >
> >> Once upon a time (Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:26:05 -0700)
> >> Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)fireserve(dot)net> uttered something amazingly
> >> similar to:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Robert Creager wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Once upon a time (Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:59:37 -0700)
> >>>> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> uttered something
> >>>> amazingly similar
> >>>> to:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> If someone is willing to pony up 2000.00 per month for a period of
> >>>>> at
> >>>>
> >>>> Well, if you're willing to set up some sort of escrow, I'll put in
> >>>> $100. I
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Is that $100 times once, or $100 X 6mos anticiapated develop time.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> That's $100 once. And last I looked, there are well over 1800
> >> subscribers on
> >> this list alone. On the astronomically small chance everyone one of
> >> them did
> >> what I'm doing, it would cover more than 6 months of development time
> >> ;-) This
> >> strikes me as like supporting public radio. The individuals do some,
> >> and the
> >> corporations do a bunch.
> >>
> >> I'm just putting my money toward a great product, rather than
> >> complaining that
> >> it's not done. Just like Joshua is doing. You cannot hire a competent
> >> programmer for $24k a year, so he is putting up some money on this also.
> >>
> >> There have been a couple of other bytes from small businesses, so who
> >> knows!
> >>
> >> You game?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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