From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: 2 Terabyte install Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 14:28:41 -0700 Message-ID: <40A68B89.9000500@namesys.com> References: <409AC2FF.7080800@lindows.com> <1083917932.14089.281.camel@tribesman.namesys.com> <409BB690.6030604@namesys.com> <409BBDC9.3030809@lindows.com> <409FB387.8080804@namesys.com> <40A19147.4010703@lindows.com> <40A257DA.2010903@namesys.com> <40A26D45.2010707@lindows.com> <40A30B00.8020103@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Paul Wagland Cc: Clifford Beshers , Vladimir Saveliev , Reiserfs mail-list , Vitaly Fertman , beverly@idiom.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