Re: Kickstarter for Emacs

[Vyacheslav Gonakhchyan]

Ok, good example. It can fly if it will get enough visibility(perhaps on slashdot).
But what about support? Emacs and Java are constantly in development.
New version will come out and additional work will be required. Another kickstarter might be a solution,
but I don't think that this model is sustainable.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Tom <address@hidden> wrote:

Vyacheslav Gonakhchyan <ytriffy <at> gmail.com> writes:

>  On kickstarter there is a reward system. The point is that you
> can buy final product for a lower price. And then after the
> completion of a project price goes up.  That gives people

> motivation to buy early.In emacs the only motivation is that

> you know that the money will go towards completion of certain
> feature. But there are no rewards because emacs is free. So I
> think it won't be as much successful.

The reward is your pet feature will finally get implemented in Emacs
and you don't have to use an other editor/IDE for certain tasks.
I think it's a pretty big reward.

BTW, the coffescript compiler will be released with a BSD license for
free and people are still donating:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1182995593/make-a-better-coffeescript-compiler?