As I see it, this can go two ways:
- Progression to fruition and the emergence of a pseudo 'newton inc'
type organisation run on some kind of bizarre farrago of communist
values and community spirit.
- Someone will abuse the fund and run off with all our contributions to
live the high life, surrounded by all the trappings of opulence,
dongles, battery cages and original telescopic styli (styluses anyone?
please, not another plurals debate!)
On Thursday, Nov 28, 2002, hal9000x exclaimed loudly:
> Would people be interested in contributing to a Newton R & D
> fund whereby those who are particularly committed to the platform would
> contribute a small R&D contribution into a fund on a yearly basis for
> example. If you assume a yearly contribution of $20 from 300 members of
> the list that equals $6000 per year. Not an insignificant sum and
> certainly something that could be put to good use by keeping favorite
> products available or even developing new ones.
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