[Slightly OT] Ransomware as a Model for Rev Toolmaking?

[Jim Bufalini]

Dennis,

That is the way I read it, too. It's not for developing full scale
applications, as it is for developing tools that are important to the
community. The *profit* is that, while one group of people are financing the
development of one tool, another group is financing the development of
another tool. The developers get compensated. The investors pay less each,
than if they had to fund the whole development individually, and the
community benefits, including the developers, by having an increased toolset
of tools that were deemed important enough, that at least a few people voted
for with their dollars (or euros or whatever).

However, this is a financial model, and not to be pessimistic, but there is
more to it than just the idea. You need responsible third parties, maybe
escrows, signoff criterion (which investorS means committee - always
tricky), etc. Easier to talk about than do.

Jim

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Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] Ransomware as a Model for Rev Toolmaking?


I don't think this was brought up as a way to create products for
profit.  It is a way to finance upgrading tools for everyone with the
primary programmer being paid a reasonable hourly wage.  Am I reading
this wrong???

Dennis