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I support Torsten's comments as well.  I have found your input and
suggestions very well thought out and informative.  I have no problem with
people who are too busy for various reasons, but even counting those like
you that keep informed, I think we are way below the number of participants
we should have.

Assuming a world of 9 billion people (I think that is close) if one percent
are Christian, this gives us 90 million Christians, if one percent are
programmers (professional or amateur) or have opinions about software, that
leaves us with 900,000.  If one percent of these participate in Freeware
development that leaves us with 9,000.  If one percent of those actively
comment or work on BT, it means 90 people.

One percent is a low figure for each of these steps, so we should expect a
team of at least 90...

If only it worked that way...   ;-)

Torsten Uhlmann writes:

> >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas J Philpot <tjphilpot@ou.edu> writes:
> 
>     >> > Darwin, I really want to thanks you for your work on
>     >> BibleTime. It's > great to have a coder more. Almost all the
>     >> other ones who proposed to > code for BibleTime are gone.
>     >> 
>     >> I am glad to be helping.  It's a shame that more people aren't
>     >> interested in helping a project like this.  I'll keep my eyes
>     >> open for others that may be interested...
> 
>     > The only thing that keeps me from contributing more with code than
>     > suggestions is the fact that I'm graduating from college this
>     > semester and I'm really busy with athletics.  I'm hoping to have
>     > some time to help this summer, and later when I have a job.  I'll
>     > be working at IBM in Houston, Texas.  Until then, I'll just try to
>     > stay up to speed with what you guys are doing and contribute when
>     > I can.
> 
> Please don't feel offended! Sometimes people came and had the real wish
> to help and then realized that there times doen't permit. From a
> coordinators point of view that is confusing but I perfectly understand
> it from an individuals point of view. I too have job, church and family
> and sometimes there is simply no time left us much as I wished it would.
> 
> So I also find suggestions _very_ important and everybody on the list
> should continue to express his wishes. Although there might not be an
> immediate answer. Some things need more thought, some things I don't
> quiet understand etc. But they give live to the project and make it not
> just a pet of a few programmers but a project that meets the practical
> needs of people who wish to work with it.
> 
> ...
> 
> You may be seated.
> 
> :)

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