I think that founding should first and foremost come from the people 
earning money from the Squeak. Companies making money from Squeak based 
products, consultants consulting Squeak based solutions and so on.

I'm actually preparing to donate back to community when I'll move my 
first customer's system on Squeak. I feel a kind of obligation to give 
something back, and if I make money I should give back money. This is 
right way to do, that's what I'm sure.

Janko

Igor Stasenko wrote:
> The difference between Blender and Squeak if we look at them as
> products that Blender is _end-user_ product, while Squeak is platform
> without any end-user products.
> While Blender requires a lot to learn for some of newcomers, it's
> targeted on specific tasks: 3D design/rendering and postprocessing.
> And Squeak by itself is nothing more than a base platform for
> developing applications (like Blender).
> A squeak VM/image plays same role as operating system for Blender: you
> have to install some applications for working on specific tasks.
> 
> So, it's really different. Nobody willing to donate/fund operating
> systems. People may want to fund specific projects, which developed to
> deal with specific tasks in specific areas (web/3D design etc), but
> not operating systems, which is too generic and basic and not targeted
> to be used by end-users.
> 
> 

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Janko Mivšek
AIDA/Web
Smalltalk Web Application Server
http://www.aidaweb.si