Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:16:47 +0100 From: "Markie" <markie@notwentytwo.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Keith Pitcher" <kpitcher@locallink.net>, <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Get MS to donate money to FreeBSD Message-ID: <000701c30f55$6f6c9650$f300a8c0@mrblossom> References: <20030430193008.GA31891@stone.locallink.net>
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Nice plan, Although they say a charity of your choice, it seems you can only choose from http://getbettermail.com/charities.asp? Or maybe I just don't get it (wouldn't suprise me :)) Markie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Pitcher" <kpitcher@locallink.net> To: <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:30 PM Subject: Get MS to donate money to FreeBSD > Today we got this letter from Microsoft promoting http://getbettermail.com. > > They are pushing services that help reach the correct target audience, > promoting that it is environmentally friendly. You'll also notice the > website has trees all over. The kicker is, the brochure is super heavy duty > paper, very thick, very large brochure. Lots of trees died for this mailing > about being environmentally friendly. > > Anyhow, they will pick one entry to give $10,000 to the charity of their > choice. The FreeBSD Foundation is a non-profit, so it should be applicabley. > Also it'd be nice to have money given to the Foundation so they can finish the > work on native java binaries. > > It appears anyone can fill out the form, as even their guest account offers ways > to have a charity receive money. If enough people enter to swing the odds in > FreeBSD's favor, that'd be a great headline to see "Microsoft helps fund > development of Java running on Open Source" > > Oh, and in all of the questions asking about which operating system various > applications run on (Web servers, messaging, etc) you'll have to be > answering "Other" a whole lot. They kinda forgot to include FreeBSD as an > option, along with postfix, etc... > > > Keith > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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