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"Hyman Rosen" <hyman.rosen@gmail.com> said:
>You need to arrange to get the money ahead of time. The way to do
>this is to get prospective users of the program to put up the money
>to fund your development. Then when the work is done, everyone gets
>the program. GNAT itself is a perfect example of this.
   If I can get the funding, I'll work on creating for free release an
OS much better than Windows, a suite of software apps much better than
Office, and a seamless communication system much more user friendly than
the current VOIP systems.  Can I count on you putting up part of the money
to fund this development?