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How to get VC investment for your open source business
10-23-2008 01:00 PM
So, you've got the greatest open source idea since Firefox. It's guaranteed to be bigger than TCP/IP. All you need now is some scratch to get your project off the ground. Given the genius of your idea, you're sure you'll have to beat off potential investors with a stick. If you think that's reality, I've got some subprime mortgages to sell you. Getting venture capital (VC) to fund your business is hard work, even if you have a commercial product to sell. The degree of difficulty ratchets up many times if you're an open source developer. It can be done, but it takes such single-minded focus that getting turned down multiple -- maybe even dozens -- of times won't faze you.



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llexec

LLINES(1)						      General Commands Manual							 LLINES(1)

NAME

       llexec

SYNOPSIS

       llexec [OPTION]...
       llexec [OPTIONS]... -x report Database

DESCRIPTION

       Invokes the LifeLines genealogy program, execute one report (with the -x switch), then exit.

       For  up	to  date  documentation,  please see the LifeLines reference manual, or visit the project site online at: http://lifelines.source-
       forge.net

       llexec is a rustic version of the Lifelines software, basically without curses interface. It is mainly designed for CGI use.  For  interac-
       tive use, please use the llines(1) program.

OPTIONS

       -x report
	      execute the report program from the file named "report"

       -F     Finnish option (only available if compiled with Finnish flag)

       -d     developmental/debug mode (signals are not caught)

       -f     force open a database (only for use if reader/writer count is wrong)

       -i     open database with immutable access (no protection against other access -- for use on read-only media)

       -k     always show key values (normally key is not shown if a REFN is shown)

       -r     open database with read-only access (protect against other writer access)

       -u COLS,ROWS
	      specify window size (eg, -u120,34 specifies 120 columns by 34 rows)

       -w     open database with writeable access (protecte against other reader or writer access)

       -?     display options summary

SEE ALSO

       llines(1), btedit(1), dbverify(1)

DOCUMENTATION

       The  LifeLines documentation is generated as part of the installation, and may also be viewed at the project site: http://lifelines.source-
       forge.net.

Lifelines 3.0.28						     2003 May								 LLINES(1)