It was over a few weeks ago, but after-effects lingered until now. Saw Oregon, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin all in one trip (hybrid drive-fly thing). The tricky bit was reversing our path, to make our way back from the beautiful northern Wisconsin lake to poolside California via Minnesota, South Dakota, and Oregon. Played golf twice and listened to a lot of (lowest-common denominator) top-40 radio.

sustaining development

I've been thinking about models for supporting ongoing development of free software. How do we get closer to the reality of proprietary software development, where the money that changes hands finances future development and lubricates communication about desired evolution of the product.

...more thoughts later...