Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 23:23:35 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980303231608.438O-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199803040401.UAA02571@rah.star-gate.com>
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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, John Kelly wrote: > > > > > >I'll also look into the idea of memberships at various cost > > > >increments, perhaps with gifts ranging from CDs and books to stuffed > > > >daemon plushies being awarded at the various increments. > > > > > > > >Anything else while we're on the topic? :) > > > > > > Yep. > > > > > > I'll donate $250 or more, but only for a vote on what work gets > > > funded. > > > > I hope THAT never gets accepted! People have to remember that this is a > > volunteer organization. *FreeBSD*, not PayBSD, and you're donating, not > > So let me understand this . FreeBSD is Free minus the Pay 8) ? Kind of a fine line here. I want FreeBSD to move forward, and I've been (and will continue to be) willing to contribute, but I also want FreeBSD to keep the enthusiast quality feeling. I don't want to see unbridled commercialism creep in. I don't see what WC is doing as getting anywhere near close to that, but *some* of the suggestions made me feel that things might be getting out of hand. The thought of FreeBSD somehow engendering the growth of a future Bill Gates is repulsive. I just wanted to add a note of caution to some of the more extreme funding suggestions. When I saw "THINK BIG", well, that triggered me off (yes, I then went back and made a reply to his previous message). > > Cheers, > Amancio > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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