Re: Tux 500
On Wednesday 11 April 2007, alan wrote:
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, linuxmaillists(a)charter.net wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 April 2007, mindwave(a)cfl.rr.com wrote:
>> AND they have raised over $700 in one day!
>>
>> so with just 40 days left, lets see thats 734.11 x 39
>> = 28630.29 thier goal is $350,000.00
>> Ok so which one of you guys is swooping in on day 40
>> with a one time donation of $321369.71 ? Just want to
>> know who to direct MY next fundraiser to!
>
> Maybe the planners did not start this marketing
> campaign soon enough to accomplish their goal.
>
> Parachutes only work when they are open same thing with
> the human mind.
Put down the marketing books and back away slowly.
> The only way Linux will ever become a worthy adversary
> to MS on the desktop is when the Linux community as a
> whole has an open mind about doing things that
> apparently most Linux users think are stupid.
>
> The problem with the Linux community is that most use
> the software because it is free and they are too cheap
> to give a couple bucks to help advertise.
>
> 35,000 users x $10.00 = $350,000 this could be done in
> a day.
And how much is your take?
I have no take from that project. I have ambition and
vision. Apparently you only focus on what is right in front
of you and don't try to figure out how to do something or
be a part of something that is bigger than you.
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