On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:03:26 +0300, Bryan Østergaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 12:16:04PM +0300, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote:
Is the non-profit organization side of Gentoo healthy? My brief Google
session does not reveal anything that suggests it is not, but if
somebody
can and may comment on this, please do so.
What do you mean by healthy? There's a number of important issues the
Trustees have to work out but we're getting lots (for some value of
lots) of donations, improving conference attendance etc.
The non-profit organisation haven't existed very long so there's
obviously going to be a number of issues still to be worked out but all
in all I think it's getting better. But if you'd be so kind as to define
what you mean by healthy I'm sure I could help with more insights.
Your post is actually the answer. If insiders feel it is healthy, then it
most likely is healthy.
As for my definition of healthy, it is simple: a healthy organization is
not likely to quit its activities, mainly due to financial problems, in
the next 10 years. If the "likely" is to be defined, then a healthy
organization has less chances to quit in the next 10 years than 70% of all
the same domain organizations that exist today.
As for the next question, I am not sure that it is worth answering it,
possibly there is a better way to use your time, but you may still find it
interesting to know what a common user may be thinking about.
Are there any plans to make a business from Gentoo, any time in the
future? Are there people who work on Gentoo full time? Does the profit
from the Gentoo Store cover some visible part of the Gentoo expenses?
As you can see, the questions are provoked by the news I heard about
Ubuntu, Debian, and Mandriva.
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