[Coco] Expert C programmer wanted

[Mark Marlette]

Could be the chicken and the egg analogy.....Ten people now but with the
tools maybe 20, 40, 100? I know for a fact that Bosiy or I wouldn't
still be doing what we do if it wasn't for NitrOs-9 and Boisy's Tools
for the Mac/Linux.

As far as a hobby goes it is for me and my sale invoice numbers are
approaching 1000 orders since we opened. As John stated time = $$$.
Look at it this way, free time = time. There is only so much availble
and with family, work, house chores and unexpected events you end up
with a priority list. Notice I didn't place the CoCo or play time in
the list. :) Don't want to get in trouble where I place the CoCo....It
is close to the top! :)

My $.02, John's $.013 rounded up.

Mark
Cloud-9

Quoting "John R. Hogerhuis" <jhoger at pobox.com>:


> On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 00:12 -0600, Roger Taylor wrote:

>

> > All of this is a hobby, anyway.  I'm not sure if anybody here is

> earning a

> > living writing 6809 programs or programs that write 6809 code.  I

> know I'm not.

> >

> > Perhaps I will write this C compiler myself from scratch.  I can

> definately

> > do it, but I would never in a million years try to recover

> $165/hour that

> > it takes me to produce it, but if it's the only way for a

> 6809-based C

> > cross compiler to become available for Windows, then I will put

> this on my

> > agenda and promise to get it done.  Not only that, but it will

> eclipse the

> > quality of all existing compilers of it's kind.  Whether or not

> more than

> > 10 people will ever use it for it's worth, is something I cannot

> answer or

> > put a value on.  Hence, the $200 offer to come up with ANY form of

> a

> > working C cross compiler for the CoCo, that probably 10 people will

> appreciate.

>

>

> Like I said it's a cool and worthy project Roger, truly I hope it

> happens! I'm only suggesting you might want to consider some

> different

> strategies for making it happen. Open Source model, bounty funding by

> the community,  do it yourself, etc.

>

> Good luck :-)

>

> -- Joh.

>

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