General/Question Before the dawn of the beginning

We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Khalil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923

In my previous article—Before there was a beginning—we looked at some of the problems with the Joomla! 4 project and the myth that these problems can be easily cured simply by throwing money at them.  We also looked at a couple of the interest revenue-raising ideas that people have proposed.  This topic continues my story about how I arrived at the decision to build this website{footnote}Much of the material for this article is sourced from my comments on the Joomla! forum posted a couple of months ago.{/footnote}.

How to obtain revenue for Joomla development and, thereby, use those funds to remunerate the otherwise-voluntary nature of how the project comes together has been something in the news over the past couple of months.  I don’t know whether financial incentives will improve the amount of work involved with the Joomla! 4 project or the quality of that work.  That’s a matter for debate but, in my view, the financial incentives would have to be on a par with, say, the salary levels that operate in successful businesses.  In other words, one would be talking in terms of millions of dollars.

Whether these levels could be achieved is something we can only speculate about at this time.  And, if those levels can be reached, will it result in a lift in the output and quality of work?  I really don’t know.