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Remko Lodder wrote:
>>  Ok, let's see how we can fund this project. First of all the interested 
>>  developers
>>  should assess the bulk of work to do and how long it will take them to 
>>  complete
>>  it. Then we can think about how many people are interested in opening their
>>  wallet to see it come into being.
>>     
>
> Lets do it the other way around ,lets see what people are willinoneg to pay for
> this, so that the person applying for this knows what he can expect. Pay by
> feature instead of pay by time.
>   

I'm in, as are at least other two posters in this thread.
I think that if someone set up a web page for the bounty
and spread the news to other forums a fair number of subscriptions
will come up.

What we need to know is : what is the bulk of work needed? Can't anyone
sketch a simple plan with the tasks and the hours/man for each?