I can be reached via olaf@perlfoundation.org and also at https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafalders/

For anyone who may have a contact, I'm quite happy to be CCed on introductory emails or I can send you a message that you can forward on to decision makers, if you feel that's a lower pressure scenario. Both of these approaches have worked out for us. There is more than one way to do it.

I'm not saying this and my other comment to dog on Suse, because I love them, but my point is to put into perspective how little the industry cares to fund what they admit are fundamental technologies. This is little league, girl scouts level funding. I bet girl scouts bring in more actually, open source projects could learn a thing or two and start having bake sales. I'm only half joking.

Once a little boy, old man and their donkey traveling on feet.

First passerby "What morons, they have donkey and no one is riding on it. So boy sits on donkey.

Second passerby "Look, what a shame, young lad sitting on donkey and poor old man is forced to walk on feet. So they swap.

Third passerby "Wow, this grownup adult is riding donkey while little kid is walks in hot sun. So they both sit on donkey.

Fourth passerby "Amazing, just amazing, two able bodied people riding on this poor animal. Can't they at least take turns like a decent human."