On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 19:10 +0200, Martijn Faassen wrote: > Michel Pelletier wrote: > [snip] > > So there is a team, and then there is a pool of companies invested in > > the success of that team. Making the distinction clear will enhance the > > standing of both the companies and the team, and make it clear to others > > that there is no murkiness here, only confidence and cooperation. If we > > make this explicit, and get wording to that effect from all the > > companies and put that on the site in market-quote-speak then the pointy > > hats will get it that we are a strong coalition. > > Michel, can you send your mail to the z3lab list with a separate header? > I liked your mail and I think this deserves discussion and I don't want > to reply to endless-cced mails). Sure, done. > What I'd be concerned about is announcing this prematurely. We should > announce that companies are involved *when* people from these companies > have shown commitment to this project, not before, and not after just > talk. And then I agree this should help marketing this. Right, I agree we should get real commitment in the form of code and/or other resources from companies who want credit before any of this goes down or the marketroids take over. Realistically I think we're talking about a small handful of companies and individuals that we are all familiar with to start with. -Michel
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