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Yeah , but TJ paid some heavy dues to get here. He started AB out on an
Amiga (the Ami part of the name) and for years he had a very small list of
users.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of scourt2000
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 4:44 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker Contingency Plans
>
>
> Just imagine...there's this one developer in Poland who is making a
> killing by selling his product worldwide with no one able to fire him
> or force him to do what he doesn't want to. He works hard at it
> because he enjoys it and there's always something in that product for
> everyone to get the purchase value out of.
>
> Life doesn't get (professionally) much better than that as a self-
> employed individual...unless you have some great talent you were born
> with that is in high demand or unless you can trade the futures and
> make a 7 figure salary without having to get out of your jammies and
> take a shower...until you feel like it.
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "progster01" <progster@xxx> wrote:
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "vlanschot" <vlanschot@> wrote:
> >
> > > He has chosen a business format which has been very successful
> for
> > > AB. But the main risk is the reliance on its creator (there is no
> > > contingency plan here). We cannot have him turn into an author.
> >
> > That's something I've wondered about - does TJ have any contingency
> > plans at all for what happens to AB as a product if for any reason
> he
> > personally becomes unavailable for maintaining/advancing it?
> >
> > For some reason, I think of the theater, where the producer of a
> show
> > makes sure that the star has an understudy who knows the part and
> can
> > play it if called upon.
> >
> > I know it's a completely different model, but for comparison, Linux
> > will go on even if Linus does not.
> >
> > AB as a codebase is such a powerful and useful accomplishment that
> it
> > is appalling to think of it's continuing viability being completely
> > and irretrievably tied to the plans and status of one man alone.
> >
>
>
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