Please go to www.apache.org and click ASF sponsors link. Granted it may be a small % of their revenue. Could it be greater? Yes! It is critical.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 15, 2016, at 3:47 PM, John Hart <jh...@testra.com> wrote: > >> On 1/15/2016 8:41 AM, Bart Bowers wrote: >> OpenOffice, >> >> I have been using AOo for a few years and just donated $50 in Bitcoin. >> >> The link to donate was hard to find. I think you should put the link on the >> top main menu, just to the right of "Download" >> >> Thank you for all of your hard work. >> >> Regards, > Until the people demand politicians establish tax credits for contributions > to Open Source Software, it will > never be a viable alternative to commercial products. Companies that fund, > and individuals that donate > time or money to OSS, will always be at a disadvantage in the market place. > Their work can be used by > companies that don't contribute, which gives them an advantage over time, and > they become dominant. > > This is the fatal flaw of unbridled capitalism, what empowers the greedy to > take over. By not giving credit > to individuals and corporations that serve the people, those that don't gain > control. When the only > alternative people are offered is Socialism, the system oscillates back and > forth between two unworkable > options until the system fails and the society dies. > > Support Rand, he's one of the few who understands the concentration of power > is what's causing America > to fail, not which party holds it. When people are empowered to solve > problems, things get better, when > government or large corporations take over, things get worse. > > jrh > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
