Thanks everybody! We really appreciate all the donations. /marco
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 09:39:16PM +0100, Niall O'Higgins wrote: > Many thanks to all the very generous people who donated. The hardware > marco@ needs is on its way to him now. That so many OpenBSD users > were willing to chip in is very heartening indeed. It seems a lot of > people are interested in ACPI support :-) > > I have tried to send personal thank you notes to everyone who donated. > Hopefully I didn't miss anybody. > > Cheers! > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 11:40:16PM +0100, Niall O'Higgins wrote: > > Hi, > > > > marco@ could desperately use an IBM Thinkpad for his ACPI work. This > > work is very important and many of us really want to get him this > > hardware. Everyone with a laptop running OpenBSD will likely benefit > > from marco's work. > > > > Unfortunately no individual has yet stepped up and given him one. So > > I have started a pool to buy him one. > > > > We need approximately $1200 USD to get him a T42 + docking station (which > > is required to get a serial port for kernel hacking). > > > > If you want to help get marco a Thinkpad, please donate via PayPal to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've personally donated $100, and a number of > > other OpenBSD users have donated similar sums already. Remember that > > the Euro is quite strong vs. the US dollar at the moment, so Euro > > donations go even further. I'm afraid I don't have the resources to > > deal with anything other than PayPayl, so you if you can't use PayPal, > > sorry. > > > > Any money left over from the laptop donations will be given to the > > OpenBSD project. Please feel free to email me any suggestions or > > inquiries, and of course spread the word!
