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From: Jim C. Nasby <[email protected]>
To: Chris Browne <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Major donors
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:14:40 -0600
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 03:07:23PM -0500, Chris Browne wrote:
> [email protected] ("Jim C. Nasby") writes:
> > It also might not make sense from a financial perspective. $1k is
> > quite a lot for most individuals, but it's a tiny sum for all but
> > the smallest companies.
> 
> I suspect it's a more significant thing, in fact, if a project
> attracts contributions from 50 individuals that add to $1000 (that's a
> mere $20 apiece) than if it attracts $10K from a corporate donor.

I don't know about that; people tend to get a 'warm-fuzzy' when they
find out that major corporations are using/promoting/contributing to
PostgreSQL.
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Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant      [email protected]
Pervasive Software      http://pervasive.com    work: 512-231-6117
vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf       cell: 512-569-9461

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