From: Moritz v. Buttlar (info_at_baltic-microsolutions.de)
Date: 2001-05-11 13:46:57
Hi Rob !
> Over the last few days, a couple of people have
> mentioned open-source software. I don't know
> which program they are referring to, but just to
> avoid any possible misunderstanding, I thought
> I had better explain that my program would not be
> suitable for this purpose.
I wasnīt reffering to a particular program. But I believe that open-source
software would be generally highly desirable for a project like ours. Itīs
really great that we have your program to get started and to try out the first
prototypes. When our website is running, the first version of our device
exists in small quantities then we can seriously try to recruit programmers and
start a software team or something like that. :)
> Then there is the issue of who will be the system
> architect. In my experience, software projects
> require that somebody (or several somebodies) take
> responsibility for making sure that the whole
> program has a good architecture. Otherwise the
> individual pieces, made by different contributors,
> don't work properly together. This is especially
> important when the contributors are loosely-coordinated,
> as they usually are in an open-source project. I
> don't want this role or responsibility. HOwever, it seems
> to me that if my program were used as the foundation
> for an open-source effort, I would be inevitably be
> thrust into this role.
Donīt worry :) We wonīt force you. However, I think we wouldnīt mind if youīd
release your source code anyway. That way maybe we could understand a little
bit, get some ideas, learn from your mistakes and then maybe start from
scratch a new program.
Moritz
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