[Oberon] revisions in sources.

[Douglas G. Danforth]

Lars,
Bounty system looks interesting.
Doug Danforth

On 9/22/2016 6:42 PM, Lars wrote:
> On Fri, September 16, 2016 6:04 pm, Chris Burrows wrote:
>
>> The more I pay for a product, the better service
>> and support I expect.
>>
> Sometimes this is true, but with open source software often you get
> friendly replies, quick features added to the software...  I.e. with
> borland delphi you have to wait an entire year for a new bug fix to be
> released sometimes or a new major feature, whereas with an open source
> tool like lazarus you request a good feature and it can be done in 24
> hours (just requested on recently).
>
> On the other hand a lot of open source software becomes abandoned as there
> is no reason to keep it alive (does not put bread on the table).
>
> I think a good compromise in these cases is to offer a bounty system where
> the software is open source, however anyone is free to offer $500.00 for a
> feature or $20.00.  I've always wanted to merge commercial software with
> non commercial software and I think a bounty system does just that. The
> issue of course becomes whether or not the bounty system is popular enough
> and whether enough people use it. With the freepascal bounty system I have
> seen some bounty's go unnoticed and ignored.
>
> Often, too, you'll get the people who are against bounties and just go
> ahead and implement the feature for free without reimbursement as a gift.
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