Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 25 Sep 1996 15:37:03 -0700 (PDT) | From | Jauder Ho <> | Subject | Re: Money (was Re: test version of 2.1.0 available (fwd)) |
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simple... get people to wire money to a swiss account :) easy in.... easy out :)
--Jauder
On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Marc Lewis wrote: > > > > > > Linus, > > > > > > Go ahead and put me down for AT LEAST $1. Just give me an address and > > > the exchange info and I'll be more than happy to support whatever > > > fiendish pleasure you may partake in, that would not be considered "your > > > job!" :) > > > > > > Mike > > > > There is a currency converter at "http://www.olsen.ch/cgi-bin/exmenu"... > > We just need an address, now..... > > I _really_ don't want money. You wouldn't believe how frustrating it is with > personal cheques from the US - in the best case it costs on the order of > $10-20 USD just to get them cached (*), and that's after arguing about it > with the bank tellers for 10 minutes. > > As to the person who suggested beer - oh Gods. The Finnish customs people are > all ex-Nazis, and they've gotten a lot grumpier since their austere leader > shot his brains out. They have a bad day EVERY DAY. Their only joy in life is > to confiscate alcohol from abroad. > > Linus > > (*) Think about it for a while. How safe would you rate any personal cheque > on a scale of 1-10? Personally, I'd call it at about a -50. You can print out > fake cheques on your average dot matrix printer, for Gods sake! Small > children in kindergarten can make one up with a pink crayon. No wonder no > self-respecting bank outside the US wants to have anything to do with them. >
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