On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 22:56 +0200, Kai Vehmanen wrote: > Possibly old news, but in case you haven't read this yet, Luis Villa has > some excellent insights on the topic -- and especially the point that > paying volunteers can have a counter-intuitive effect: this is not exactly what i was talking about. although the article is +5: informative, it deals with bounties issued to developers. my idea revolves around low profile low cost service contracts between one developer and multiple users, to create an ongoing dependency that ensures the right things are being cared for and correctly mirrors the interest in that application. -- Leonard Ritter -- Freelance Art & Logic -- http://www.leonard-ritter.com