Zaire still won't connect

[Net Llama!]

Joel, no offense, but you don't seem to remotely understand how open
source development works.  If companies are that concerned over the
continuing devlopment of jpilot or any other project, they usually hire
the developer to ensure that it continues.  This is what has occured in
many many cases (kernel developers are a great example).

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Joel Hammer wrote:
> Just checking the threads on pilot-link for a problem I have with
> install-datebook. The maintainer of that webpage was unemployed for
> over a year, and was asking for a few small donations to maintain
> the domain name. It doesn't sound like any businesses are supporting
> pilot-link. [They have collected $100 in the last thirty days with
> paypal.]  Odd, since pilot-link is essential to getting my PDA to work
> with linux and jpilot. I think this holds for most PDA's.
>
> Again, what business would rely on software and support supplied in
> their spare time by out of work programmers asking for donations? What
> if the pilot-link page just went away? The lack of support for USB PDA's
> by the distros (I would be happy to hear if SUSE or Redhat support USB
> PDA's out of the box) would turn any serious business away from linux
> on the desktop.
>
> Joel
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 05:58:39PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
>
> > I see on the jpilot page the author needs work. The pilot-link web page
> > sounds like it is maintained by teenagers.
> >
> > What business would rely on this type of system? PDA connectivity
> > with windows comes FREE and easy when you buy a PDA.
> >
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