David Hornford wrote: > On 11-02-15 9:39 AM, "Jerry Franz" <jfranz at freerun.com> wrote: >>On 02/15/2011 07:59 AM, R - elists wrote: >>> >>> that is great, as long as you consider and actually donate to CentOS >>> regularly >>> >>> statistically, most people that download or use CentOS, do not donate. >>> >>That, statistically speaking, could be influenced by the fact the >>monetary donation page has been 'down' for around one and a half years >>(ever since the centos 'ownership fight'). I can personally vouch for >>the fact my company was looking to donate money - only to be stonewalled >>by the lack of a way to do actually do so. >> >>Money has these great virtues: It can be accumulated in small increments >>from people who can't afford large increments. It can be exchanged for >>physical objects like servers. And it can be used to pay (even if only >>on a part time basis) people to do specific jobs. >> >>I highly recommend it. ;) > > Can also pay for beer, or beer equivalent :-) <snip> Ah, *finally*, I see the light at the end of the tunnel, for 5.6 and 6: the correct question is, when they come out, who do I buy a bheer for? mark "carrots, not sticks"