lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (12/18/84)
I'm going to say this one more time. And I hope it's the last time I have to. None of the costs I've talked about are MY charges. They are my estimates of charges that other people and companies would be making for equipment and services in a production environment. I don't intend to be selling satellite time or decoders or buffering boards. I have attempted to stay as far removed from the non-technical aspects of this project as I can. If the project becomes a going concern I would probably try to get some compensation for my future ongoing time at that point (I am a consultant and have to eat somehow) but at this point everything is TOTALLY volunteer and I have no way to expect ANY compensation for the time I'm spending. I rather hope that someday I'll get some new consulting relating to this project, but none is obvious at this point. I am not wealthy and there are limits to how much time I can put into a project for free indefinitely. I'm doing the very best I can. OK? I'm not asking for people to send me money. What I *am* asking is that the network try to understand the situation. It would be easier for me if I worked for some big firm that paid me a nice hefty salary regardless of what I did on the outside--but I don't. The work I do on this project eats up time that I could be spending on projects that bring me income. I am very happy to do it. But please try to remember that we're all only human. --Lauren--