A mathematician is a device for turning coffee
into theorems. If coffee is not to theorems as
money is to perl6, what is the relationship
between free open source software and money?
The firestorm at
I thought that may apply only when there are
agencies competing for the donor's money. If
there is only one way to contribute to a worthy
cause, then your mind is on the worthiness of the
cause and less on the efficiency of the cause's
agent.
But if such is not the case, why not bring the
YAS back into existence, and have it compete with
the TPF in the form of a race to fund developers
and reach milestones? People might be excited by
the prospect of an easy expression of their views
about perl6 in the form of a choice of whether to
give their money to the YAS or the TPF.
You're supposed to laugh, but I depressed MYSELF.
