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BeginLinux: I Want to Give Away Some Money

[ Thanks to Anonymous for this link.
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“I have been involved with Linux for over 10 years now. I have
enjoyed the fruits of a lot of the hard work that has been done by
programmers, administrators, regular people, etc. Those who work
for corporations have been compensated for their work for the most
part. But I see hundreds of interesting small projects that people
work on after they get home from their day job. These people
continue to give back to the Linux community night after night.
They often get little or nothing for their labors.

“This began to bother me over a year ago and so I began a
commitment to help some of these small projects with resources,
both in terms of encouragement, which we should all do, and also in
terms of funds that may help them continue in development. Sounds
like a wonderful New Years ending doesn’t it. Well, it
wasn’t…”


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