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size=2 face=Arial>Hi Drew,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=773513217-08072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>i was thinking the same just 1 month ago. I directly contacted
Nebadon one of the Devs (on OSGRID) about spending some</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>money for the physics engine. He told me that Funds are always
welcome and told me to ask the physics guru Revolution
Smythe.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=773513217-08072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I had some nice conversation but as Nebadon said in the
mail to this list, most developers are also busy in the RL. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=773513217-08072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>But if you like we, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=773513217-08072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>together can mail
Offlist and see what we can do on this issue.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=773513217-08072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>best regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=773513217-08072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Wordfromthe Wise</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Von:</B> opensim-dev-bounces@lists.berlios.de
[mailto:opensim-dev-bounces@lists.berlios.de] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Drew
Hart<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 8. Juli 2010 16:38<BR><B>An:</B>
opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de<BR><B>Betreff:</B> [Opensim-dev] OpenSim - What's
Taking so long<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Okay, that was my catchy title that in no way means any disrespect. I
love OpenSim, have used it for years, tell everyone I meet about it and am a
huge fan and supporter. Recently a question was asked about a roadmap and
progress. I would like to expand on that. OpenSim has now been
around for a while - like years. Yet I can't really use it for
clients. So here is my question. As a non-coder, how can others
help. For example, I would gladly donate some decent money if there were a
coordinated fundraising event and a plan to hire a couple of full-time, very
qualified developers to really move this along.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please, please, please don't take this the wrong way. This is NOT a
criticism. I know this is done by volunteers and I know that this is more
ambitious than Second Life, but have we looked at other solutions to move the
process along. I think there are a lot of people like me who would
contribute. But, and I stress this. Me donating say $1,000 by myself
isn't going to do anything. We would need a serious fundraising drive, and
specific and talented people that we could hire full-time as consultants/coders
to really move this along.</DIV>
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<DIV>I would imagine I am not the first to suggest this. But every day I
see this awesome product I want to use, yet it seems months or years away from
stable wide-spread use.</DIV>
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<DIV>There are now several web sites that help in fundraising. I am sure
many of you read about the NYU students that raised several hundred thousand
dollars in a short time so they could spend their summer coding a Facebook clone
(sort of). Now if 4 undergrads can get that kind of money for a
Facebook clone, why hasn't OpenSim tried something similar. These
fundraising sites are hot right now - let's take advantage of them!</DIV>
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<DIV>Please read:</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nyregion/12about.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nyregion/12about.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>The article was written before they raised much more money.</DIV>
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href="http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nyregion/12about.html?scp=3&sq=nyu%20programmers&st=cse"></A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Drew</DIV>
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