[Cooker] donations (was: way of life)
On Sunday 17 March 2002 21:56, John Kintree wrote: On Sunday 17 March 2002 03:12 am, Warly wrote: I do think that our model is not so bad, and that we are reaching a good compromise between cutting edge and stability, but /this/ compromise _is needed_. I also agree, and yesterday sent a $30 donation to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/donations/ One of my clients, who depends on Mandrake for *everything* (9 public workstations, an office workstation, a jukebox, a gateway/firewall that also hosts about 30 domains and subdomains, etc) sent in $AUD500. I now have a policy of sending in $AUD50 for each commercial install (compare that with circa $AUD1200 for the machine itself, and hundreds of $AUD in technician time to set it up, and over $AUD200 for WindowsXP, the workstation alternative). You guys are doing great work. I don't want you worrying about money for the next six months. Hear, hear! Cheers; Leon
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On Wednesday 25 April 2001 05:00 pm, you wrote: Mike Tracy Holt wrote: c'mon guys, let's keep that stuff in personal emails eh? yessir mr. married man Mutual respect and non gender-centric postings keep this list, for the most part, flame-free. -m-
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c'mon guys, let's keep that stuff in personal emails eh? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 3:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Donations Blue Lizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I assume it pays gc chmou crozat pixel and the rest (of course so they can get blow jobs from french prostitutes while programming). Keeps 'em ^ Euh!??? You're a goret (from dams) or what? -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
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Mike Tracy Holt wrote: c'mon guys, let's keep that stuff in personal emails eh? yessir mr. married man
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Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: Blue Lizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I assume it pays gc chmou crozat pixel and the rest (of course so they can get blow jobs from french prostitutes while programming). Keeps 'em ^ Euh!??? You're a goret (from dams) or what? My this has gone so far off ml material. Sure did tick a lot of people :). SE101. Sorry but I ain't cultured enough to have any idea what you talk about.
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Blue Lizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I assume it pays gc chmou crozat pixel and the rest (of course so they can get blow jobs from french prostitutes while programming). Keeps 'em ^ Euh!??? You're a goret (from dams) or what? -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Donations to Linux-Mandrake; Now it's your turn!
Digital Wokan wrote: I've put my money where my mouth was. I am getting tired of having to reboot to run Winderz progs. Plex86 got my dough. :) Joel Flores-Carpio wrote: Many people have requested that we open a donation page in order to contribute to the development of Linux-Mandrake. You can do that now! http://www.linux-mandrake.com/donations/ and share your experiences on the MandrakeForum! http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=742mode=threadorder=0 Same here, not much but I'm hoping with a little incintive kevin can churn out something good by next few releases. Anyone seen that picture on rcwolley's site about windows cement? XP ain't all that great btw, anything from mdk 6 and up beats the sheot out of it and I don't say because I'm biased.
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Alexander Skwar wrote: Hi! On the donations page, I can chose under a number of projects the money should go to. If I donate something, is this a SHOULD or a MUST, ie. must the money be used for this project, or could someone at Mandrakesoft also decide that it's better used for something else? If it is a MUST, than I'd pretty much like to see some statistics, ie. something like this: Project | Number of people who donated | Sum KDE | 0 | 0 GNOME | 5000 | 100.000 Cooker| 5678 | 123.456 And a nice, short explanation what each project means would be great. I really don't understand what "Cooker" does - I mean, in therms of spending money to. Cooker is the devel version of the next release - this includes pretty much all the areas, doesn't it? It would be nice if there were a short introduction to what a projects goals are and who is currently working on it. Alexander Skwar I assume it pays gc chmou crozat pixel and the rest (of course so they can get blow jobs from french prostitutes while programming). Keeps 'em sharp. j/k but they do need money for...oh...food, shelter, and all the other luxuries of being a programmer. I'm curious as to the real answer... Blue
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Blue Lizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I assume it pays gc chmou crozat pixel and the rest (of course so they can get blow jobs from french prostitutes while programming). Keeps we don't go with prostitute, it's better when it's free 8) -- MandrakeSoft Inc http://www.chmouel.org --Chmouel
Re: [Cooker] Donations to Linux-Mandrake; Now it's your turn!
While I like the idead of the donations, perhaps the better way to go about it is instead of looking for a handout, Be willing to provide support for those companies willing to pay a decent amount for it. - Like mine. We use Mandrake in some parts of our datacenter but because of lack of good support, we are limited on what we can impliment. I rave about MDK because in my eyes, it's the best thing since sliced spam salad. But it's hard to convince the 'powerdered wigs' of the company if they feel we cannot get support. That's my 3.14 cents. -Dave
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So sprach Blue Lizard am Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 03:05:00AM -0400: I assume it pays gc chmou crozat pixel and the rest (of course so they can get blow jobs from french prostitutes while programming). Keeps 'em sharp. j/k but they do need money for...oh...food, shelter, and all the other luxuries of being a programmer. *G* Suppose that's the way it goes, yeah. We should all spent some real money, so that they don't have to drink fake-champaign all day long anymore, but can drink some real one instead :))) I'm curious as to the real answer... Yes, so am I. jmdault told me that it will be fixed as soon as the heat from 8.0 will have cooled down. So I expect something like by the end of next week or the week after that. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die gnstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 1 day 21 hours 40 minutes
[Cooker] Donations to Linux-Mandrake; Now it's your turn!
Many people have requested that we open a donation page in order to contribute to the development of Linux-Mandrake. You can do that now! http://www.linux-mandrake.com/donations/ and share your experiences on the MandrakeForum! http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=742mode=threadorder=0
[Cooker] Donations
Hi! On the donations page, I can chose under a number of projects the money should go to. If I donate something, is this a SHOULD or a MUST, ie. must the money be used for this project, or could someone at Mandrakesoft also decide that it's better used for something else? If it is a MUST, than I'd pretty much like to see some statistics, ie. something like this: Project | Number of people who donated | Sum KDE | 0 | 0 GNOME | 5000 | 100.000 Cooker | 5678 | 123.456 ... And a nice, short explanation what each project means would be great. I really don't understand what "Cooker" does - I mean, in therms of spending money to. Cooker is the devel version of the next release - this includes pretty much all the areas, doesn't it? It would be nice if there were a short introduction to what a projects goals are and who is currently working on it. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die gnstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 1 day 4 hours 53 minutes
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So sprach Pierre Fortin am Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 05:26:55PM -0400: If I donate something, is this a SHOULD or a MUST, ie. must the money be ^^^ C'mon Alexander!! :^) :^) [I donated last night.] Nahh, that's not the problem - I feel fine donating right now. I just want the page to be more clearer. It's not for me, I'd just like to understand it a little better... Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die gnstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 1 day 9 hours 12 minutes
Re: [Cooker] Donations to Linux-Mandrake; Now it's your turn!
I've put my money where my mouth was. I am getting tired of having to reboot to run Winderz progs. Plex86 got my dough. :) Joel Flores-Carpio wrote: Many people have requested that we open a donation page in order to contribute to the development of Linux-Mandrake. You can do that now! http://www.linux-mandrake.com/donations/ and share your experiences on the MandrakeForum! http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=742mode=threadorder=0 -- Digital Wokan, Tribal Mage of the Electronics Age Guerilla Linux Warrior
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Alexander Skwar wrote: Hi! On the donations page, I can chose under a number of projects the money should go to. If I donate something, is this a SHOULD or a MUST, ie. must the money be ^^^ C'mon Alexander!! :^) :^) [I donated last night.] used for this project, or could someone at Mandrakesoft also decide that it's better used for something else? If it is a MUST, than I'd pretty much like to see some statistics, ie. something like this: Project | Number of people who donated | Sum KDE | 0 | 0 GNOME | 5000 | 100.000 Cooker | 5678 | 123.456 It might also be interesting to see largest and average donations for each category. $19.99 is an OK number; but seeing a [hopefully] higher average might help others increase it too. ...and put the link in your .signature (see below). Pierre ... And a nice, short explanation what each project means would be great. I really don't understand what Cooker does - I mean, in therms of spending money to. Cooker is the devel version of the next release - this includes pretty much all the areas, doesn't it? It would be nice if there were a short introduction to what a projects goals are and who is currently working on it. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 1 day 4 hours 53 minutes -- Support Linux development: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/donations/ Last reboot reason: 01/03/27: winter storm 6hr power outage
