Re: Namesys now accepts Visa cards on our website (support questions and donations both)

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Markus Törnqvist wrote:

>On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:07:28AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
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>>I haven't been able to get a large enough amount from distros to support 
>>us (but thanks to Lindows for being a major help), and darpa sponsors 
>>research not resizers, so I am thinking I might try selling the 
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>I have always tried to keep a safe distance from economic messes like this.
>What you're saying is that they sponsor research, they give money, but
>you can't pay salaries with that money?
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well, we spent all the money....

and the new money has to be spent on security stuff, not on resizers.

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>>Support does not make much money, a few hundred a month.....  hopefully 
>>us accepting visa cards will improve this.
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>How would you say this situation has changed over the years?
>Better to worse since the dotcom boom, or?
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Techbust nearly but not quite destroyed us (DARPA saved us), and now 
things are starting to boom again, so we should be happy.  In the short 
term, we are suffering, but things are clearly improving and in a year I 
think we will be prosperous.

Hans