[Typo3-marketing] DBAL: Call for sponsors

[Daniel Hinderink [TYPO3]]

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

I don't think we could get this through in time.

Generally, I think we have a good selection of clients who might be
interested and why not ask them?

Generally, I am pretty sure we will get something together, if some of you
try their luck with your clients.

It will make a huge difference to us all regarding market reach, so we
should be ready to go for it, I think.

Cheers

Daniel





> 
> 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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