A very interesting idea. So, if $50k would only buy a few months of consultant time, what could be done in that time? empeg for RioMM? ::insane laugh and a twitch:: VR? Or maybe we could pay Patrick to create something new and cool... box under the seat to bluetooth our Karma's into our factory head units. I know, I know, $50k could never afford that.

Hm.... my first thought was, "Save development cost by not paying for support; let us support it." But then, who would debug the closed source program when weird bugs came up. Or would it have to be closed source? Could it be like HiJack and emphatic, providing lots of functionality but still open for (at least someone in) the community to modify?