[EuroPython] Sharing EPC financial risk

[Tom Deprez]

Nicolas Chauvat wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:53:43AM +0200, Tom Deprez wrote:
>> Everytime when money gets involved it doesn't work, which in my
>> feeling is very pitty.
>
> Money is meant to buy things, not to be given away.
>
> There are exchanges for which money is not the right approach.
> Companies will be willing to contribute some time to conferences,
> some code to free software and not money to either one...

Right, you hit the hammer on the nail.... which means: ideas which require
money from the community (be it companies or members) are mostly deemed to
fail.

(or it must give a great benefit and I'm not sure if a conference like EPC
(at the moment), or a membership website will give that benefit)

Regards,
Tom.