>1. At $50 doesn't look like it would pay off past debts let alone sustain salary.

Ask it this way: which is better, nothing at all or at least something? Maybe Genesi could even help to add the final sum?


>2. As soon as a paid version appears, there will be a pirated version thereby limiting revenue.

Nothing we can do about it. Except only hope there are enough loyal MOS-users. And honestly, I think there are.

>3. As soon as a paid version appears, there will be the malcontents who whine about it, bug fixes for old versions etc.

And how does it differ from now? :)


>4. It has been my impression that MorphOS guys feel that the costs of support probably outweigh the potential revenue that could be generated.

Funny logic. Money was what some of the guys were after, right?