[Typo3-marketing] DBAL: Call for sponsors

[Kieran Given]

How about we make a plea for all consultancies 448 of them to contribute a
minimum of 100 Euros this year to development?

Kieran

Am 03.03.2004 16:21 Uhr schrieb Daniel Hinderink [TYPO3] unter
daniel at typo3.com:

>> Is this the current FUND status Daniel?
>> 
>> ********** ********** **********
>> Funds †and †resource †estimation
>> Databases †to †test †and †implement †handlers †are †already †in †place,†the
>> †planning †phase †has †been †finished.
>> Remaining †is †the †need †for †funds †to †sponsor †developers.
>> The †core †work †will †need †18 †days †@†1100 †Euros †=†19800
>> All †basic †Database †handlers †would †incurr †an †extimate †40 †days †@†700
>> †days †=†28000
>> In †practice †sponsors †will †have †a †preferred †RDBMS †they †will †be
>> †interested †in.†Since †the †workload †varies
>> dramatically,†for †instance †between †PostGreSQL †and †Oracle,†individual
>> †sponsoring †for †each †of †the †possible
>> systems †is †to †b †negotiated.
>> Of †course †any †amount †is †welcome †to †fund †development.
>> 
>> ********** ********** **********
>> 
>> How many consultancies are registered? 50? 100? 200?
> 
> 448 Consultancies
> 1140 Reference sites
> 20.000 + websites
> 7902 registered TYPO3.org users
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Daniel
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Kieran
>> 
>> Am 03.03.2004 15:39 Uhr schrieb Daniel Hinderink [TYPO3] unter
>> daniel at typo3.com:
>> 
>>> Hi Kieran,
>>> 
>>>> how much money could be generated through the TYPO3 community directly?
>>>> 
>>>> Everybody gives € X and a couple of companies burning to get an oracle
>>>> database connected to TYPO3 aswell?
>>> 
>>> That would be very good. So far sponsoring was mostly done by large
>>> companies, like for TemplaVoilà and DAM. Most consultancies have not been
>>> ready to invest in TYPO3's development.
>>> 
>>>> What kind of figures/money/sponsorship do you need?
>>> 
>>> Please check out the project description, section "funds".
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Kieran
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Am 03.03.2004 15:25 Uhr schrieb Daniel Hinderink [TYPO3] unter
>>>> daniel at typo3.com:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Ben,
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> As it turns out, the time is just about right for getting DBAL done.
>>>>>>> In fact there will be no 3.6.0 anywhere soon if we don't get the
>>>>>>> sponsoring
>>>>>>> together NOW because the ground work will need to be done for many
>>>>>>> features
>>>>>>> in demand.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi D.,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What is this supposed to mean? No 3.6.0 anytime soon. Is DBAL that
>>>>>> important? It was my understanding (with my limited knowledge of db's)
>>>>>> that all the other db's do not play such an important role as more and
>>>>>> more companies are comfortable using MyQL. I have no clients yet using
>>>>>> 'alien' db's ;-) Does that mean "No sponsoring - No TYPO3 3.6.0"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> That means 3.6.0 will be delayed. The point is that DBAL serves as the
>>>>> basis
>>>>> for many other needed things, like versioning, etc. So we can't move on in
>>>>> tha way we'd like to, if we don't get some support.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Otherwise we have to go for other paid work first and the new version will
>>>>> be delayed. I hope you understand, but there is also a life to take care
>>>>> of.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It has become much easier to make DBAL through some changes in the core
>>>>> and
>>>>> it will never be as easy from now on. So we should not miss that chance.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> 
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> gRTz
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ben
>>>> 
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