philexile wrote:
Kez wrote:
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But are the people working on it as talented as Kevtris?
Rather than talent it is important to note that kevtris is being remunerated for his work. I assume this is his full time job?
It's not, I recall during one of Bob's (RetroRGB) interviews with him he mentioned that his work with Analogue is on a freelance basis. His dayjob is in cryogenics.
There isn't anything wrong with paying people for their work. Retroarch has that bounty system which seems to work well. Personally, I'd be more than happy to compensate Sorgelig or Kevtris for there efforts in a similar fashion.
It's probably not likely, but maybe the community could woo Kevtris away from Analogue to an open source project like the Mister?

In analogue's case this probably could be someone's day job, but I don't really think so and think it's much more of a significant (paying) passion project. Imho it's less about pure talent and more about enthusiasm for the subject/work and bringing that in together to deliver an end product. They're taking their time and completing nice products in an appreciably precise manner that has all the hallmarks of a clearly defined partnership where each party is in control of their domain, but who also seem to appreciate and be a good match for each other's needs/opinions/ethos... and I don't think they're going out of their way to exploiting their situation - just doing a good practical job of getting it out there and hopefully getting rewarded for their efforts.
By definition an open source project is something of a different proposal - none-the-less intriguing - but will bring with it a certain amount of flexibility and choice that is less channelled. This tends to result (often quite purposefully) in a wider remit, and a less finite goal, often with the expectation this maybe maintained/re-purposed much further down the line. The flip side of this is that it welcomes contributions in all forms, and arguably does not make the project success/failure quite so dependant on the availability of set personnel/materials.
In each case, I think it's vital that the people being relied upon are happy in their role and the position that puts them in with regards to the wider project, and just for that reason I don't *think* you'll likely see much cross-pollination of individuals across these two approaches... unless they simply fancy a change
