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Re: forwarded proposal to finance some hurd work
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Thomas Schwinge |
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Re: forwarded proposal to finance some hurd work |
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Wed, 18 May 2011 12:36:16 +0200 |
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Hallo!
On Tue, 10 May 2011 21:07:31 +0200, Tanguy LE CARROUR
<tanguy.lecarrour@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/5/7 <olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net>
> > More importantly however -- as I stated before -- I have serious doubts
> > about the usefulness of small monetary rewards.
> >
> According to the reaction we got (...none...) I'm also starting to be a
> bit skeptical. :-(
Well, it is an experiment. And: given the usual Hurd timescale, it may
easily take some more months for someone ``to bite''.
> Anyway, the money is still there... we just have to find something to do
> with it!
Yes. For now, I suggest to give it time. Money you donate by definition
is money you don't need yourself, so there is no value lost personally
for you if it's ``sitting'' at FOSS Factory, waiting for someone to pick
it up. Of course, I can understand your desire that someone should get
the money after having done some work. :-)
> And I think that a soon as we'll find an effective way to use the money,
> more people will donate!
Some other guys -- which I partly don't recognize by their nicknames --
already joined in by donating for either specific projects or for the
container projects.
The other points Olaf rises are very valid, of course, too.
Grüße,
Thomas
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