[svlug] looking for people working on sweat equity/startupideas...

[bruce]

Alvin...

I still can't tell what the h*k you're talking about..

-Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: Alvin Oga [mailto:alvin at Mail.Linux-Consulting.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:12 PM
To: bruce
Cc: 'SVLUG'
Subject: RE: [svlug] looking for people working on sweat
equity/startupideas...



hi ya bruce

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, bruce wrote:

> I can't tell if you're saying you're interested in either forming a group,
> being a part of a group, etc.. or if you're saying that you're too busy...

forming a group is trivially easy ... pick the wrong day and folks
disappear :-)

how to split $$$ is not trivial ...
how to split "stocks" is not trivial...

having periodic ( required ) meetings is a good sign of "seriousness"
as is putting up time/resources/$$$/expertise/spare parts/other-stuff
the group feel is important for the survivability of the group or
the last stubborn dinosaur

splitting and discussing vapor-$$$ and vapor-stocks is also worthless
waste of time too ... but in the process, one understands each other's
seriousness and reasonableness and expectations of "forming a group"

"everything" is a process and people and talents and sales and blah-blah
	- sales is required if $$$ is the expectation
	- new projects is required for new toys for fun and challenge

	- why is "the group" needed for you or me ... etc..

	- many is folks already do the "group thing" depending on how you
	count

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i drag in people as needed to get tasks done if there is enuff
"i want" from paying or potential customers or my own dumb and lazy needs

- 2nd to latest "i want" was to run VLC w/ x264 on dual-core
  athlon64 with fedora core4 or core5

  2 weeks later ... it's now sorta working ( it compiles/links )
  with fedora-core5 !!! yippie ... next trick to add the vlc-gui

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i have enough tasks to keep a few full timers ( experts ) occupied for the
next few years from identified customers but it is a chicken and egg
problem as is always the case with "new toys/projects" before one
can get major $$$ for the sale of the new (various) widgets

c ya
alvin