crowdfunding work on core features.
Interesting to watch.
Doug.
> From: Aleksandar Kurtakov <akurtako@xxxxxxxxxx>
> I fully agree with that. To put it
even more strong if Eclipse
> Foundation offers support directly that will be
direct conflict with
> some of its members that do the same in one way or
another. If what
> is wanted is Foundation to become a company that
competes directly
> with its current members offering support then
Foundation should be
> ready to hire way more developers than anticipated
now to cover the
> lost developers that work on foundation hosted
projects now.
I don't think anyone wants the foundation
competing directly with its members. On the other hand
if the Eclipse Foundation hypothetically had a developer
working on JDT, I think it could be done in a way that
would not be a competitive threat for members. I.e., it
wouldn't be in the form of support contracts or paying
for particular feature work, but by donations that the
Foundation would then allocate independently to
strengthen the core IDE platform. There is no mechanism
available today to make a donation that goes directly
toward development of the Eclipse platform, and it may
be an untapped source of getting contributions to the
platform that would benefit all members. There are other
possible approaches like having the Foundation act as a
clearinghouse, or operate a grant program, or somehow
enable financial contributions to flow through to
*someone* actually making concrete code contributions to
the platform. I think it's at least worth thinking about
these ideas, because the current models for getting
contributions to the platform are not being successful.
John
