Re: [Fxruby-users] One last cry for help... :)

[Hal F. <ha...@hy...>]

ly...@kn... wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2004 22:18:05 -0500, Hal Fulton <ha...@hy...>
> wrote :
> 
>>Lyle, you're a gentleman and a genius. Do you have a Paypal account? ;)
> 
> All kidding aside, if anyone wants to donate to the FXRuby project they can
> do so here:
> 
>     http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=20243

I wasn't really kidding. Since I've started a job two weeks ago, and
have even had a paycheck, I'm feeling a tiny bit generous.

> And, to quote the blurb I wrote for that page: "FXRuby always has been, and
> will continue to be, freely available from me. However, if you would like to
> make donations to the project, you should know that a portion of those
> donations will go to Ruby Central, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated
> to contributing to the growth and spread of the open-sourced,
> object-oriented programming language Ruby. For more information about Ruby
> Central, please visit the Ruby Central web site at http://www.rubycentral.org."
> 
> At the current time, when I say a "portion" of those donations goes straight
> to Ruby Central, that portion is 100%. I have been blessed with a very good
> job and I don't need this to supplement my personal income at this time. If
> I ever *do* have an expense in the future that I honestly believe is
> FXRuby-related, I might change this policy -- but right now, I don't see
> that happening.

Well, it's not a matter of needing it, but deserving it. There is a
Biblical proverb which says, "Do not bind the mouths of the cows who
tread the grain."  :D

Many times in the last ten years I have called for commercial tech
support. Often it was $30 or more per call, and was lower quality than
the help I've had from you.

And you've assisted me at least eight times if not more. So why
shouldn't I drop fifty bucks on your desk? Forget Ruby Central, take
your wife to dinner.

> Now, Hal, in your case, if you just promise to dedicate the next edition of
> "The Ruby Way" to me, I think we'll call it even. ;)

Haha, dream on. Do you know how tickled my mother was to see the
dedication?  :)


Cheers,
Hal