I find it hard to convince a corporation to donate money for an OSS. It would need approval from people not familiar with OSS. May be the model is to do it, thr

I find it hard to convince a corporation to donate money for an OSS. It would need approval from people not familiar with OSS. May be the model is to do it, thru consulting. For example, start working in Ruport, then advertise your self as a Ruport consultant, find some customers that are willing to pay for support or consulting, as you are able to charge for it, you can spend more time working in the project. I think several people have been able to do it. Companies are used to pay for support or consulting, they are not used to pay for something that is already free. Some companies have been able to do it with great success. SpringOne, JBoss, JGoodies come to my mind.