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Charles, what's your idea? A frequent way that open source projects happen is to propose them to a community like this one and see if it solves a problem that anyone else has. If it's a good idea that would solve a problem, often you can get grant money to pursue a pilot project, or sometimes even just to have a design process. Why not write up your idea and see if anyone else wants to collaborate? Bess On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 8:57 AM Hammer, Erich F <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The famous Edison quote is, "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 > percent perspiration", but it should be a quote about invention, not > genius. > > Coming up with an idea is easy, and the world is full of them. Turning > that idea into an actual product takes enormous and sustained effort, and > that is true whether in "meatspace" or cyberspace. Convincing someone else > to do the work to bring your idea to fruition takes a really, really good > idea, a lot of money and/or masterful manipulation and a hypnotic stage > presence. Doing it yourself or leading others is possible, but requires > tremendous passion that won't be extinguished by this Debbie Downer > response. > > Good luck! > > > On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 20:21, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed: > > > Has anyone enjoyed success suggesting an application to the Linux > > Foundation or other Linux funding projects and then witnessing that > > application developed into a freely-offered (ro low cost) Linux program? > > > > I'm curious how that process works. > > > > Ex. GIMP was developed in Linux before teh Windows version but how did it > > get started and fully funded? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Charles. > > > > Charlotte County Public Library > > >