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这周出差，在飞机上随便刷了刷《纽约时报》，读了这篇文章，真是把我气炸了：https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/us/fire-department-software-private-equity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.yzeR.NwSK3PTQeXQj&smid=nytcore-android-share 简而言之：私募股权正在收购所有这些软件供应商，并对脆弱的消防部门下手；一个总预算为每年 13 万美元的乡村消防部门，其软件成本在一年内增加了 3 倍（从每年 4000 美元增加到每年 12000 美元）。我想做点什么。我以前没在应急服务领域工作过，所以我知道我很天真。我确实有待命和关键任务软件维护以及高可用/持久服务的经验，但当我说关键任务时，我的意思是涉及数百万美元的风险，而不是人的生命。我想向 Hacker News 征求非常早期的方向性建议，任何类型的建议都可以。 * 有没有现有的开源项目或基金会，其使命是服务和保护紧急响应等关键服务？ * 逐步构建是否可行，即交付具有增量价值的小组件，消防部门是否愿意尝试开源选项？ * 是否有认证或监管障碍，可能需要花费高昂的费用？ * 有没有人碰巧在这个行业有经验，并且愿意写下他们的观点？我最初的早期设想是这样的：我个人无法容忍仅仅被动地“让”私募股权入侵社会的这一方面，从而挟持应急服务部门，进而挟持纳税人。他们本质上是在勒索和剥削社会对紧急服务的刚性需求。所以我不关心盈利，我只关心真正解决应急部门的需求和保护人的生命（我知道我仍然很天真，我绝对不想过度承诺并置生命于危险之中）。但撇开我个人的感受不谈，我确实认为这里有一个有用的见解：如果工程师们有动力去帮助他们的社区（或者只是为了让私募股权难堪），就能可靠且廉价地制作有用的软件，那么最终私募股权就无法与一个不关心利润的对手竞争——我们实际上可以获胜，因为如果他们看到无利可图，他们最终会放弃并退出这些行业。 “有些人不寻求任何逻辑的东西，比如金钱。他们无法被收买、恐吓、说服或谈判。有些人只想看着世界 [不] 燃烧 [因为消防部门应该有廉价可靠的紧急软件]。” “警惕一个耐心之人的愤怒。”——约翰·德莱顿我很有耐心。我愿意写代码。或者组织一个软件基金会。或者成为其他人编写软件的投资者/资助者。感谢任何和所有的帮助或反馈（正面的或负面的）！

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I've been on a business trip this week, and sitting on the plane, I was randomly browsing NYT and read this article which really REALLY pissed me off: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/us/fire-department-software-private-equity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.yzeR.NwSK3PTQeXQj&smid=nytcore-android-shareTLDR: Private equity is buying up all these software vendors, and preying upon vulnerable fire departments; one rural department with a total budget of $130k/yr saw their software costs go up 3x in one year (from $4k/yr to $12k/yr).I want to do something. I have not worked in the emergency services domain before, so I know that I am naive. I do have experience with oncall and mission-critical software maintenance and highly available/durable services, but when I say mission critical I mean millions-of-dollars at risk, not human lives.I want to solicit HN for very early directional advice, of any and all kinds.- Are there some existing open source projects or foundations with a mission like this, to serve and protect critical services like emergency response?- Is it feasible to build incrementally, i.e. ship small components of incremental value, and would fire departments be open to trying an open source option?- Are there things like certifications or regulatory hurdles, that might be expensive to get?- Does anyone randomly happen to have experience in this industry, and would be willing to write up their perspective?My early initial thesis is something like this: I personally cannot stomach the idea of simply passively "letting" private equity invade this aspect of society, to hold emergency services departments and by extension taxpayers hostage. They are essentially extorting and exploiting society's inelastic demand for emergency fucking services. So I don't care about making profit, I only care about actually solving the needs of the emergency departments and of protecting human life (knowing that I am naive still, I definitely do not want to overpromise and put lives at risk). But my personal feelings aside, I do think there is a useful insight here: if useful software can be made reliably and cheaply, by engineers motivated to help their communities (or just to poke private equity in the eye), then ultimately private equity cannot compete against an adversary that doesn't care about profit -- we actually CAN WIN, because eventually they will give up and exit these industries if they see that there is no profit to squeeze."Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world [NOT] burn [because the fire departments should have cheap reliable emergency software].""Beware the fury of a patient man." -- John DrydenI am patient. I am willing to write code. Or organize a software foundation. Or be an investor/funder for someone else to write the software.Appreciate any and all help or feedback (positive or negative)!

问 HN：我应该成立一个软件基金会吗（目标：帮助应急服务）？