Re: 2 Terabyte install

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Paul Wagland wrote:

>
> On May 13, 2004, at 7:43, Hans Reiser wrote:
>
>> Well, if people care enough about it, we can optimize it at a pretty 
>> small cost in time, and we will do so if a sponsor like Lindows asks 
>> us for it.  Otherwise we'll focus on getting that compression plugin 
>> out the door, etc.....
>
>
> Just a thought... Have you considered a "pledge" page? I.e, put up a 
> list of features, and then allow people to "pledge" donations for when 
> those features are finished. I for one would pledge 10USD for the 
> repacker/disk optimiser, and yes, I know it isn't much, but you 
> already have my donation for nothing :-) And, people often prefer to 
> give money "to a cause".
>
> Just a thought, feel free to ignore it if you wish :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

Maybe we need to ask for volunteers to create a pledge page.;-)

Seriously though, it is a good idea, though I note that it only got 
$1000 for gentoo despite being slashdotted....

My mother (Beverly, who did our art on our website) is working on a 
Namesys tee shirt to sell on our website, maybe we should add the word 
"supporter" to the tee shirt.

Hans