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

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

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>