Whoa, whoa, before we go too far! 8-o
First off, there is no way you could pay my current monthly salary, for those who know what my actual occupation is.
That said, I explicitly decline donations to Classilla, because money breeds expectations I may not be able to meet. Remember I was sidelined for awhile because of that infamous issue 65. Nothing says I won't get mired in some critical failure like that in the future that may take me awhile to code around, if it's even possible.
Plus, I write Classilla for *me*. I like using my TiBook, it feels friendlier and gets better battery life than a MacBook or even my long suffering iBook. This lets me use a friendly OS that I feel like I have full control over rather than developing for OS X where the landscape keeps changing because Steve-O got a hemorrhoid or something. It just so happens that there is a need for Classilla from other people, but even if no one else used it, I would still be working on it because it liberates my choices with the computers I can use.
I do think that a foundation for OSS solutions for abandoned operating systems is a good one. I myself would contribute to something like that. I don't think there is the user base solely in the classic Mac world for it, but combining forces with other systems may be useful. (I was going to suggest AmigaOS, but actually AmigaOS4 has a shocking amount of software available for it, even a port of WebKit as Origyn Web Browser. But maybe OS/2, or Atari ST?)
Anyway, I dig the enthusiasm, but I can say without a trace of waffling I'll never be asking a dime for Classilla or accepting donations. It's just simpler not to. :b&w:
First off, there is no way you could pay my current monthly salary, for those who know what my actual occupation is.
That said, I explicitly decline donations to Classilla, because money breeds expectations I may not be able to meet. Remember I was sidelined for awhile because of that infamous issue 65. Nothing says I won't get mired in some critical failure like that in the future that may take me awhile to code around, if it's even possible.Plus, I write Classilla for *me*. I like using my TiBook, it feels friendlier and gets better battery life than a MacBook or even my long suffering iBook. This lets me use a friendly OS that I feel like I have full control over rather than developing for OS X where the landscape keeps changing because Steve-O got a hemorrhoid or something. It just so happens that there is a need for Classilla from other people, but even if no one else used it, I would still be working on it because it liberates my choices with the computers I can use.
I do think that a foundation for OSS solutions for abandoned operating systems is a good one. I myself would contribute to something like that. I don't think there is the user base solely in the classic Mac world for it, but combining forces with other systems may be useful. (I was going to suggest AmigaOS, but actually AmigaOS4 has a shocking amount of software available for it, even a port of WebKit as Origyn Web Browser. But maybe OS/2, or Atari ST?)
Anyway, I dig the enthusiasm, but I can say without a trace of waffling I'll never be asking a dime for Classilla or accepting donations. It's just simpler not to. :b&w: