Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Money (was Re: test version of 2.1.0 available (fwd)) (fwd) | Date | Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:06:46 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Marko Siladin" <> |
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> > > > At this point I feel it incumbent upon me to speak up and help bring the > > "unwanted voluntary contributions" conundrum to a close. I being the one > > who started the whole thing. Statement follows: > > I don't know how it started, but isn't this 'money' thing making Linus > one of the ordinary people? like may be bill 'the businessman' gates? > Linus isn't doing it for money. By bringing in money in this, you'r all > making Linus an ordinary person. > > This mail is not intended to be offensive to anyone particular, I'm new > in this list, so I thought I'd express my opinion. > > Bye.. > --- > M Shariful Anam <shuman@kaifnet.com> > System Administrator > Kaifnet Services -- Bangladesh > I'll try to bring this issue to a close. My initial response (which stated this thoughtful discussion of reimbursments to linux developers) was ment as a joke to Linus's remark in his 2.1 announcement (which again was a joke). Of course I think that Linus deserves financial reimbursment - but he should make his own terms (or we should maybe just surprise him with a trip to Disneyland :) ). The Idea about Usenix is great - if only I could afford the fees to get there. Btw. - Linux will you be at UNIX expo? Another Idea might be to send him books or other items that might not be heavily taxed - but again Linus should have his word on that. So these are my thoughts - remember though - the whole thing statred as a humoristic comment.
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