[CentOS] was - Vote For CentOS now "pay for CentOS" :)

Fri Jun 3 13:17:03 UTC 2005
Tom <admin at homemachine.net>

Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 07:33 -0400, Simon Perreault wrote:

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> BUT ... they didn't put any work into CentOS.  All their work was put
> into RHEL.  They are compensated fairly well for that work too, I might
> add.
> 
> I, on the other hand, spend an average of 8-12 hours a day on CentOS
> related activities.  As does Karanbir Singh (z00dax on IRC).  Most of
> the other developers spend almost as much time as well.  Not only do we
> not get paid anything for doing that, some of us end up having to pay
> for centos related things (I have increased my bandwidth, bought compile
> platforms, changed my home network infrastructure, etc. to be able to
> better build CentOS and decrease the release times, at my own expense).
> This is because people using CentOS won't donate even $1, one time, to
> the project....oh well, such is life.

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good point, I gave a 1 time donation then forgot about it :(
have just paid again (not a lot but that's what's needed), that's my vote :)

PS add a remind again in x months option somewhere Johnny :D

regards
tom