On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:47:39AM -0400, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Byron A Jeff wrote:
> > Olin is absolutely right. I am the guilty party in this story. I wanted
> > (and still do want) a cross platform programmer for EasyProg. I did
> > promise to generate something in Python upon delivery. And I have not
> > done so.
> 
> Byron, I wasn't trying to single you out or name names.

I know you weren't. If you wanted to do that you could have named names.
I chose to own up to the situation and proffer a solution.

>  I understand what
> it's like where you think you want to do something then reality and other
> issues get in the way.  And you were only one of about a half dozen people
> that received EasyProg prototypes.  I'm not really upset by this, just
> consider it a lesson learned about reality and human nature.
> 
> I'm still willing to support anyone with hardware if they want to develop
> publicly available software, but I'm not just going to give out the hardware
> and hope to get something in return.  I don't have a good idea however how
> to make the hardware available up front but still have a guarantee I'll get
> something back.

Simple. Don't do it. Offer the hardware at a reasonable price and rebate
that cost if you do get something useful. Then the recipient has to invest
in order to participate, and produce in order to benefit.

BAJ
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