Razvan is taking some time off
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Man, that sounds serious
Thank you for telling us.
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Thanks @Ben-Hayat
I think there is a balance that can be struck which can support both cases to a certain extent. Think Magento. I donât want to turn this thread into a discussion on how to make Quasar profitable, however I do appreciate your feedback and rest assured, we have plans to get Quasar to where it needs to be to grow
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Any idea how long this time off going to be and how it will affect the âQuasar for Vue 3â timeframe?
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Get well soon Razvan
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At present no - weâve given him strict instructions to get better and then come back. We have measures in place as a team to handle things so Razvan being around isnât too much of an issue - it just takes us a little longer to fix things as heâs more familiar with the inâs and outâs
As far as Vue3 goes, I donât see this having an impact at present but we will continue to update everyone as and when things change.
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@Allan-EN-GB
Thanks Allan; -
Get well soon Razvan!
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good recovery to you Razvan!
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Wish Razvan health and recover soon. And also best wishes and thanks to the Quasar team for great effort. Everyone please take good care of yourself at this special period.
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You mention Razvan is full time on this project alone? Does he have another job or is full time really on this project? I am looking at donating but if Razvan being sick holds back the project to just urgent updates this worries me as far as this project getting abandoned if Razvan stops development. I understand this is a risk you take with open source but if we make an assumption that Razvan will not be working on this project what are the teams plan? Will someone from the team takeover as full time developer as we continue to donate to the project? Thanks.
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Itâs sort of a chicken and egg dilemma, isnât it? And to overcome that dilemma, there needs to be a bit of a leap of faith on your part. No matter what, devoting resources (money or time) in anything always holds some sort of risk. We definitely donât want that your resources go to waste. So, you can trust us, the Quasar team, to do our best to make your leap of faith have the best results.
Scott
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Scottâs point is great and summarises the teams feelings; for some more detail:
Razvan is full time on this project alone? Does he have another job or is full time really on this project?
Razvanâs main job is Quasar, the donations received for this project directly support the running and maintenance of Quasar (servers, domains, etc etc). Razvan will also do some contract work to top things up as and when but Iâll restate the point Quasar is Razvanâs main job.
if Razvan being sick holds back the project to just urgent updates
Holding back updates is our âshort termâ plan. Obviously with anyone taking time off, itâs never planned so we have to be reactive to the situation. The current plan is to see how Razvan is over the next week and take it from there.
Holding back updates is not a long term plan and the Quasar Team have all they need to support Quasar and provide updates with new features going forward should the need arise to do so without Razvan being around.
project getting abandoned if Razvan stops development
I and many of the core team rely on Quasar for our day to day work so this will not happen. As Iâve said, despite Razvan being the main contributor on GH, the team puts in a lot of work behind the scenes to support and grow Quasar.
I understand this is a risk you take with open source but if we make an assumption that
Razvan will not be working on this project what are the teams plan? Will someone from the team takeover as full time developer as we continue to donate to the project?
At this point in time, this is not something weâre thinking too much about. Do we have people who want to work full time for Quasar? Yes. We do. That being said, we expect Razvan to be back and working as normal once heâs rested.Itâs worth stating at this point though that we do have a disaster plan in place for Quasar to take the âbus factorâ into account should the worst happen to any one of us (of course with Razvan being most crucial).
Itâs important to note, the only reason weâre all here discussing this is because of how hard Razvan works. If Razvan regularly took time off (as he should) then taking a couple of weeks off wouldnât be noticed. Itâs only because he works tirelessly for Quasar and itâs community that itâs noticed.
In short - donate. Support Quasar. It hasnât let anyone down yet and it wonât in the future.
Thanks for all your well wishes for Razvan
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Sharing some thoughts, in case it has any value.
In 2013 I started a contract job in some company. I became friend with one of the contractors whose specialty was writing financial software. He was working on a project of his own which would offer a complete turnkey system to those companies lending money or financing and etc. For example car dealers who finance cars or Mortgage companies and etc. Itâs a fairly complex and big process.
In 2017, he launched the product and began to go after prospects who could use his product. Very soon he hit a wall, not because of his pricing or features or being legacy, but being a very small company to assure the clients are safely covered by a team of paid employees.
He was advised to raise money and get investors to have such backup. Because he had a great product and great market to go after, he got invested and took care of the problem.
As of end of 2019, his net profit was $1.5M (after all expenses paid).In 2002, a great software was developed by an Australian company, The owner refused to get investment. 18 years later, he only has less then 200 customers, running as a one-man-show.
No doubt Quasar is a great product, buy companies donât go with faith, but with black & white facts to use a product. Many companies prohibit employees to use any Open Source or Free software.
My suggestion is, change your business model and make Quasar as a âBet your business on Quasarâ product.
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@Ben-Hayat - I sort of understand what you are saying and my comments are obviously with the current situation in mind. We also know âthe business modelâ needs to change to be more commercialized and thus, have better potential to raise revenues. If and when we get to that point, then it is no longer âleaps of faithâ needed, but rather, we can offer value adding products and services (with and above and beyond Quasar) to generate revenue.
Scott
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Just as a update to calm peopleâs nerves: Razvan is still feeling unwell but is recovering 110% (his words).
All your well wishes are clearly working! Keep it up
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Get well Razvan, wish you and Quasar-Team all the best!
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@Allan-EN-GB
Thanks Allan; I hope itâs not Corona⌠-
Razvan, I wish you a very good recovery!
@Ben-Hayat said in Razvan is taking some time off:Personally, Iâve never agreed or liked Open source, Free software and etc.
@Ben-Hayat Feel free to have your opinion about âOpen source, Free software and etcâ, butâŚ
Most companies do NOT use FREE Opens Source product, due to fear of getting screwed if the owner walks away.
⌠please speak only for yourself. I, for one, have only worked on companies that used, at least at some degree, open source software. I canât give names, but one of them is a very large aerospace corporation.
It happened to me, more than once, that the âowner wakes awayâ on open source and on closed source projects. One big difference: on open source projects we could still use/see/modify the source code and actually do something with our data, whereas with closed source you just go sit on the corner of the room and cry.
I donât want to start an argument over this (specially not on this thread) and Iâm not an active forum user, so I will probably miss any comments anyone may make. Iâd only like to remind you of projects like Linux, MySQL, nginx, Wordpress, etc. Letâs not even mention Vue.js and Webpack, projects without which Quasar would simply not exist.
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@mstarr said in Razvan is taking some time off:
I donât want to start an argument over this
Well, I was NOT speaking to you in the first place for you to jump in, so you donât need to respond or argue back. Please, keep it yourselfâŚ
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Next comments to come that arenât a simple âget well soonâ for Razvan will be deleted.
You can take the OSS discussion to another thread.
Scott
