From: jladwig@soils.umn.edu (John Ladwig) Subject: Re: Linux Foundation Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 13:43:34 GMT
In <1993Mar17.151335.17602@klaava.Helsinki.FI> torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) writes:
>In article <C4182M.KLo@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
>>A few people have been wondering about how to support Linux development.
>>Here's my proposal:
>>
>>1.We all send money to "the Linux Foundation" care of Linus. (sorry for
>> dragging you into this, Linus, but you are the only "central figure").
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>Finally: throwing money around can make people feel bad (some people
>feel guilty for not sending any, others feel overlooked for not getting
>it etc). You can always try to find alternative ways of showing your
>appreciation: I've gotten books, a T-shirt etc, and if you think some
>program/feature is epsecially nifty, you can always surprise the person
>responsible with something like that by snailmail..
Drew Derbyshire (UUPC) has, in the guise of his plush polar bear Snuggles
(his ace debugging companion), been accepting chocolate for some time now.
Seems to work for him...