On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Martin Owens wrote:
bulia estimated cost of this very project via Cairo as ca. 30K.
That would be US Dollars for a US based person working for professional wages. And not a student working from rural Africa where PPP means a livable wage is lower.
The problem here is that given the information (or, rather, lack thereof) we are talking about random money paid to random people for doing a very specific and complex project.
I'm not sure what part we have to play in getting more 3rd party developers involved in Inkscape development, the project is fairly anarchic and leaderless. Not much to tie one's boat to. Certainly not a boat full of cash for development.
There certainly is a way to organize 3rd party development. The boat ties itself to SFC. This is not a problem. Now, communication and leadership... That's entirely different thing.
Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org