Itching and scratching (Re: source mgt. requirements solicitation)

[Robert Dewar]

> Speaking more generally, the folks that get paid to do free software
> are the ones who are solving the problems of people with the money.
> It's up to us to be clever enough to figure out to solve the specific
> problems in a way that improves architecture and infrastructure.
> That was a key but underappreciated aspect of Cygnus' development
> contracts; we would always try to go after projects that included
> infrastructure improvement, but if necessary we would do something
> that was random but lucrative and use the profits to pay for
> generic work.

For the record, this is very similar to ACT's approach to development
contracts.