Re: Why the DOS has many ntfs read and write driver,but the linuxcan't for a long time

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Helge Hafting wrote:

> Yaroslav Rastrigin wrote:
>
> >Ahhh. Sweet dream - to be able to offer money to fix extremely annoying bugs or to add missing features.
> >Unfortunately, bounties doesn't work :-/
> >
> >
> Depends on how much money you have to offer.  If you have the resources
> to hire
> a programmer full-time until your favourite problem is solved - no
> problem I think.

Well, some docs would usually be very helpful.  Reverse engineering
is usually too slow IMO.

> If funding development alone is a bit much, consider starting with one
> particular problem and try collecting money from other interested
> people.
>
> Money can surely get the work done - but then you usually have to pay
> enough that the programmer can make a living while working for you.
> The cheap alternative is enthusiasts who will write a hardware driver if
> they get
> the hw for free.

-- 
~Randy
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