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*sigh*

This step is a step forward, but again, instead of taking the easy way, the iRex guys try to attach as many strings as possible. "Trial project"? "Guidance of an iRex developer"? What karel describes there is called outsourcing everywhere else, and it's pretty expensive. A contractor charges unbelievable amounts of money for this kind of arrangement, and now the company customers shall provide it for free.

This is not how open source development / communities work. The usual approach is to give the developers the freedom to implement whatever feature they like in whatever way they prefer, and to choose what to add to the main branch afterwards. Because OS developers do it for fun. It is not about having potential developers say "pretty please" first, then making them hand in a development plan, then decide how much it's worth to the company, and then generously allowing the developer to do it for free, under supervision.


I'll wait for the reflash. And I think the first thing to do then is to start an alternative OS. Thank god OE's Mickey has an Iliad now.


Sorry if this sounds so negative. I'm writing my PhD thesis under supervision of a professor who gives me lots and lots of freedom. My wife's advisor is a control freak. Guess whose thesis is better. Guess which professor got more benefit from his student.