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'Open Funding' For Driver Development

Posted by timothy on from the how-about-kernel-drivers-for-usb-802.11 dept.

Doc Ruby writes "The TreoCentral community has announced a bounty for the first BlueTooth SDIO driver delivered for the Treo 600 (PalmOS 5). The thread shows the development of both the requirements of the quarry, and the contributions to the bounty. If this process works, is 'open funding' of development the next wave of the emerging online community? How will the 'traditional' vision/scope> requirements> features> >recode> retest> demo> cycle expand to include the user community in the financing?" Update: 06/16 19:43 GMT by T : Updated the bounty link to a server better able to handle it.

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  1. would it be too much to ask... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Gosh, I hope this works out. Would it be too much to ask if we could get the programmers to have this work with my commercial crab pot ejection system?"

    Well, as I see that you have pledged NO money to the pot...

    Yes.

  2. shit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    members aal over long term survival hype - BSD's while the project host what the house want them there. Correct network clean for the next Appeared...saying Is the worst off

  3. Cradle of Filth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    All crimes should be treasured if they bring thee pleasure somehow.