Re: Micro-Economy
Kenneth Rhodes wrote:
> Yikes, Rob! We are on different tracks...
>
> Originally, The Micro-Economy vote(s) represented the opinion
> of those who supported monetarily the development of Euphoria
> by purchasing a license and was was an incentive for more people
> to support Euphoria by buying the license.
>
> I think the same principles should apply to any amendment to
> the Micro Economy.
>
> For example... a $50 "real money" donation to RDS, or a specified
> Euphoria Developer, would entitle the donator to 50 Micro-economy
> dollar votes.
I think in practice there would only be a few people who
would be motivated to donate real money in order to see
a specific user contribution, or developer rewarded.
This would distort the system. For instance, $50 would put any
contribution up to 7th place or higher in the top 100. Just on the
basis of one person's opinion, or even worse, it might
be a close friend of the developer, trying to make his friend
look good, while donating to RDS, or perhaps donating to his friend,
and getting a favor from his friend in exchange. (Hey ... I'll ship
you my collection of "Harry Potter" DVD's if you donate $50 to me for
the Hello World program I just uploaded to the RDS site.)
People wouldn't know what to make of the dollars showing
beside an entry. Were these dollars voted by numerous people,
or by one wealthy donor.
> RDS could receive and disburse Micro-Economy donations
> and levy a modest management fee for donations which it receives and
> disburses to specific developers.
The disbursement part could be complicated,
with multiple currencies involved and lining up at the post office
to mail checks or small amounts of cash. Most people do not have
PayPal accounts. Most people would not want to receive
Canadian dollars, so I'd need to open a U.S. dollar, or maybe Euro
bank account, or get U.S. cash or Euros from the bank.
> Any developers who do not wish to have their donations "taxed" by
> a modest management fee can simply post the information where donations
> should be made directly, in which case no Micro-economy vote would apply.
>
> The bottom line is that I think the Micro-Economy vote should be made
> more meaningful. I see Robs current proposal as being highly inflationary
> and therefore a move in the wrong direction.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Ken Rhodes
Since Euphoria is now free and open source, we need a way
for new users to qualify for voting. I'd let everyone vote,
but it would be difficult to avoid fraud. It's safer if
I have some idea who is voting, since they have posted on EUforum,
uploaded a user contribution file, or something.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
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