[vtkusers] Vtk 6.0 dotnet

Fri Jul 5 18:29:43 EDT 2013

I would not write this. if I did not see offense in one of the posts above
targeted people who did not  "put their money where their mouth is" .
You can't use number of people in vtk community as a total number of people
interested in ActiViz.
For example I do not care about anything beside C++. I know multiple people
who do not care what happens on Windows.

Also there is a huge difference between liking a feature and agree to
finance the development.
Also as for me I would trust more in the results of free development than
in results of the projects developed using such financing.
Assume you succeeded to collect money, and it was even enough to produce
results you wanted which is not realistic in the area I live.
What is going to happen when new vtk version is released and ActiViz need
support?
The code will need to be supported.
Are you going to ask for a new donations every time?
You have to realize that such questions are too serious  to ignore and
there is no point to offend people who decided not to put their money in
the project you support.

Regards,
     Alex

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:54 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll throw in my two cents here, not specifically about ActiViz but
> about Kickstarter in general.
>
> The average pledge amount is $70, with most backers giving $25 and a
> few especially generous backers giving much more.  So a $10000 project
> should only require around 150 backers.  That's not a huge number,
> considering that the VTK community has well over 10x that many
> members.  So the questions are 1) how to reach the community, since
> most community members don't read the vtkusers list on a regular basis,
> and 2) what kind of VTK Kickstarter projects would get widespread
> participation.
>
> I suspect that VTK book projects would find a lot of backers, and most
> people would be satisfied with a pdf rather than a hardcopy.
>
>  - David
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Serge Lalonde <serge at infolytica.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Nico,
> >
> > Here's the link:
> >
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dlrdave/activiz-net-installers-featuring-vtk-510
> >
> > Note: Please reply to the list, not directly to me, so that others can
> > benefit.
> >
> > On 7/5/2013 2:58 PM, Domenico Quaranta wrote:
> >
> > Serge,
> > please provide the link
> > I'm very interested, on behalf of the consultancy company I work for.
> > I'm developing the software StructLife, which uses VTK (see
> > www.structcode.com).and currently I'm using Activiz for the .net
> wrapper.
> >
> > Nico
> >
> >
> > 2013/7/5 Serge Lalonde <serge at infolytica.com>
> >>
> >> Hi Nico,
> >>
> >> I replied to the list for everyone's benefit.
> >>
> >> Click on the KickStarter link to get details. Basically people pledge
> >> whatever amounts they can. If enough money is pledged, the people who
> >> pledged are charged the money they promised (typically on a credit
> card) and
> >> the project gets done. If the funding goal is not met, no one is charged
> >> anything and the project is cancelled.
> >>
> >> BTW, I'm Serge, not Dave. I just pledged for the project. Dave's contact
> >> info is in the KickStarter project page (the "Contact me" link on the
> >> right).
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/5/2013 12:48 PM, Domenico Quaranta wrote:
> >>
> >> Dave,
> >> how does this thing work?
> >> Is it a free donation? Is it a fixed prize? What would the rules be?
> >>
> >> Nico
> >>
> >>
> >> 2013/7/5 Serge Lalonde <serge at infolytica.com>
> >>>
> >>> David Cole started a KickStarter project to get enough money to fund
> the
> >>> development of the updated .NET wrappers.
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dlrdave/activiz-net-installers-featuring-vtk-510?ref=email
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately, the funding goal was far from being reached. It's too
> bad
> >>> since a lot of people ask about it but few were willing to "put their
> money
> >>> where their mouth is" so to speak. Maybe if he tries again, this time
> more
> >>> people will pledge and it will get done. I for one would love to have
> the
> >>> .NET wrappers updated and I'm willing to pay for part of it if
> necessary.
> >>>
> >>> On 7/4/2013 4:00 PM, David E DeMarle wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> 5.8
> >>>>
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