[M3devel] funding for one full time developer?

[Coleburn, Randy]

My company was one of the first customers for Critical Mass.
We also funded some development of custom modules.
I'm still a huge fan of the Modula-3 language and it is my first choice for any software development task.
Alas, I don't get paid to do much software development anymore, so most of my work these days is for my own purposes, and support of prior projects.
Regards,
Randy Coleburn

-----Original Message-----
From: Olaf Wagner [mailto:wagner at elego.de] 
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 7:50 AM
To: Jay K
Cc: m3devel
Subject: EXT:Re: [M3devel] funding for one full time developer?

On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 08:05:43 +0000
Jay K <jay.krell at cornell.edu> wrote:

> So...crazy self-serving question..is there enough interest and 
> commercial use of Modula-3..such as to fund Modula-3 development? One 
> full time developer? Me?
> 
> I realize Critical Mass already tried.
> 
> I do quite enjoy working on this stuff, but I don't have enough time 
> for it. :(

Elego has never been able to find any customer willing to pay some money for M3 support or M3-related work.

>From a commercial point of view, our M3 engagement hasn't been a huge success ;-)

I love the language and I'd really like to see it more widely used, but I'm afraid there won't be enough interest.

Olaf
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