This guy is absolutely, positively, dead wrong about OSS projects and money.
First of all, money is nothing but a resource. Get that word in your head. Resource. It means you can use it towards a goal. You can administer it.
So this guy gave $5K to someone that does not know how to manage it. At least the administrator is smart enough not to touch it (when in doubt, do nothing, some people say). But he is also a bad enough administrator not to touch it.
What would I do with $5K on a OSS project? Hire developers for a beginning. Hire a full-time guy for 3-6 months (depending on where the programmer is) and set a very clear goal as to what is to be accomplished during this time. The goal will vary depending on the project, but the idea is to have a person deadly-focused on a goal.
This guy is making a generic conclusion (open source does not need money) because of a bad project admin/lead.
The conclusion this guy makes is that time matters more than money. Duh! Of course it does. Money, however, buys time. Therein lies the missed connection.
First of all, money is nothing but a resource. Get that word in your head. Resource. It means you can use it towards a goal. You can administer it.
So this guy gave $5K to someone that does not know how to manage it. At least the administrator is smart enough not to touch it (when in doubt, do nothing, some people say). But he is also a bad enough administrator not to touch it.
What would I do with $5K on a OSS project? Hire developers for a beginning. Hire a full-time guy for 3-6 months (depending on where the programmer is) and set a very clear goal as to what is to be accomplished during this time. The goal will vary depending on the project, but the idea is to have a person deadly-focused on a goal.
This guy is making a generic conclusion (open source does not need money) because of a bad project admin/lead.
The conclusion this guy makes is that time matters more than money. Duh! Of course it does. Money, however, buys time. Therein lies the missed connection.