> >   I know this has been ongoing for a long time, so I thought I'd
> > check to see if there is any real progress being made.  Also,
> > I wanted to ask if there is a "bucket" for people offering to
> > contribute to getting this working (ie, running multiuser at
> > least somewhat reliably, so that more people will test/run
> > it).  I'd be happy to contribute to such a pool.
> >
> >   If there isn't one, I think we should set one up.  There used
> > to be a web site for people to request work and bid amounts
> > to have it done, but I can't find it anymore.  Anyone know of
> > a place to manage such "pools of money for task X" things?
> >
> >   Otherwise, I'd be happy to hear any suggestions of anyone
> > else willing to contribute to such a goal, and any thoughts as
> > to how to manage it.

This reminds me of

http://gnome.org/bounties/

http://wiki.xiph.org/Bounties

http://ghostscript.com/article/58.html

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+bounty

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/bounties/

> ps,
>    On a related but separate note, there used to be a web site
> where people would commit money into escrow for coding tasks.
> Does this still exist?  Does anyone remember what/where it is/
> was?

Maybe:

http://www.oslance.com/

http://www.rentacoder.com/

Also it seems like www.collab.net used to be like that.

 Jeremy C. Reed

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