Re: Offer to access IBM i (at version 7) to produce Open Source software and API examples

[Alan <steelville@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please let us know when you have your twenty.

Thanks

Alan

On 11/26/2010 4:05 PM, Aaron Bartell wrote:
> Thanks for clarifying, Jim.
>
> > Others have  suggested we offer prizes for the best applications/api calls
> etc, and we will consider that.  We already have some offers for some of
> those items.
>
> Count me in if there are prizes!  The Samsung Galaxy would be a VERY cool
> prize btw, if you are looking for suggestions :-)
>
> Aaron Bartell
> www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
> www.OpenRPGUI.com
> www.SoftwareSavesLives.com
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Jim Oberholtzer<midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Aaron:
> >
> > No up front investment is needed.  If you wish to take us up on the
> > offer, send us the requested information.  The idea is _during_ the 90
> > day period the developer would post the Wiki articles and develop the
> > open source program.  The developer could (and we assume will) be doing
> > other learning/exploring/development activities as well, what we are
> > asking is that while that's happening in return for us giving access to
> > the system, something be given back to the IBM i community in the form
> > of open source development.  I was hoping the sentence:  " Durning that
> > 90 days the developer taking advantage of the offer would be expected
> > to...."  was clear enough.
> >
> > If someone cheats, signs up and uses the system without honoring our
> > terms Larry and I will decide how to handle that on an individual basis,
> > but honestly, I am confident that we will not wind up with that scenario
> > to deal with.  In basic terms we are trusting the developer to do what
> > they agreed to do.  Maybe it's a foolish stance, but I choose to believe
> > it won't be a problem, besides we always have the option of cutting off
> > access.
> >
> > Others have  suggested we offer prizes for the best applications/api
> > calls etc, and we will consider that.  We already have some offers for
> > some of those items.
> >
> > Jim Oberholtzer
> > Co-Owner of iDevCloud.com
> > CEO/Chief Technical Architect
> > Agile Technology Architects, LLC
> > www.idevcloud.com<http://www.idevcloud.com>