Re: [openMosix-general] Fwd: Need to finance development machines

[Moshe B. <mos...@mo...>]

Alfredo

That's a valid argument. However, we have tons of users (the vast=20
majority) actually who run their cluster either in the USA, Europe or=20
Asia. Many of them are rich corporates and I was  actually calling upon=20=

those users first to contribute to openMosix and not on people in third=20=

world countries that already struggle to make ends meet anyway.

This is generally a problem with Open Source. Lots of rich entities use=20=

them, but are very reluctant to donate to the projects. One such=20
exception is the US Government which actually donated to openMosix two=20=

years ago. Another one is the Dolphinics company, and soon - maybe-=20
AMD.

IBM, Dell, HP, all of whom make lots of money selling hardware for=20
openMosix clusters have never donated to our project. If you have good=20=

leverage to these vendors, encourage them to do so.

We really need money to run this project and develop additional=20
features and maintain the software. The more all of you try in this=20
endeavor the better the software will be.

Moshe


On Nov 29, 2004, at 11:06 AM, Alfredo Cole wrote:

> El Lun 29 Nov 2004 12:48, Moshe Bar escribi=F3:
>> Dear openMosix users
>>
>> We are in the midst of a major expansion program to make openMosix
>> better, faster and easier to use. We have thousands of installed
>> clusters. On the other hand, we don't have the finances to buy the
>> required machines (and I am talking of cheap boxes) for our main
>> developers (Tab and others). So far, I have sprung in and paid what
>> needed to be paid, but we now need to call on our users to help=20
>> finance
>> us.
>>
>> By buying one of our beautiful openMosix T-shirts you help us and =
also
>> get a fancy shirt to wear proudly. We  have Large, Extra Large and =
XXL
>> on stock.
>>
>> Please take time to visit=20
>> http://www.moshebar.com/blog/?q=3Dnode/view/105
>> to buy a shirt for delivery either to the US or to international
>> destinations. Shipping price is included either for US delivery or =
for
>> international delivery.
>>
>> The openMosix project counts on you to help us get to the next level.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> The openMosix Project Team
>> Moshe
>
> It's a good idea, Moshe. But for international users residing in a=20
> third world
> country, PayPal is not an option. Some projects use=20
> http://www1.kagi.com/ and
> it has worked fine for me to donate or buy goods. I would like to=20
> contribute,
> so please consider alternatives.
>
> Regards.
>
> Alfredo Cole-Tuckler
>
> --=20
> Alfredo J. Cole
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