Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo. Donation time!

gigatexal · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 4:48 am Post subject:

I donated all I could 5 bucks. If I could donate more I would not be in the OSS movement as I am now. Thankyou Mr. Robbins for all the work. 3205 dollars now.
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markfl · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 10:48 am Post subject:

Just want to say thanks - gentoo is cool

Warning - Bit of maths
At time of posting there are 52,385 forum members
Presuming half of these forum members are no longer active for some reason or another or are unable to donate that leaves 25,000ish
$20,000 debt = 80 cents each which kinda invalidates the unable to donate as 80 cents is spare change for most people....

Cmon people - thats a LOT cheaper than windows....

Mark
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GurliGebis · Developer Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Posts: 509

Is there somewhere we can see how much there has been donated, and how much there is still needed?
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kres · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 2:45 pm Post subject:

Verted · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 3:05 pm Post subject:

I'm not really sure whether buying from the shop counts as a donation. I bought an installation CD last week, which was $20, excluding the $3 P&P. I guess it's still a contribution:-\
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MadEgg · l33t Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 678 Location: Netherlands

It has been mentioned that Mr. Robbins does get a 'profit' from the store to pay for his living etc, so yes, buying from the store is also contributing.
It's just not the full amount that makes it to him because he also needs to produce the cd's and shirts etc. but it still helps.
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Verted · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 3:26 pm Post subject:

I see. Thats good to hear ^_^. So was Gentoo like what Daniel Robbins did for his job - Or does he work outside of the project?
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MadEgg · l33t Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 678 Location: Netherlands

He has been working for 80 hours a week on Gentoo so I don't think he had much time left for any other job.
That's why he got into this financial problems.

All this is just what I heard and read, mainly in this thread. If it really interests you, read trough it, it's only 10 pages or so.
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biffhardwell · n00b Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 13

$100 from me.

Gentoo is fantastic, and I very much appreciate drobbins' contributions, articles, sacrifices, etc.

GurliGebis · Developer Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Posts: 509

Well, if somebody could get in touch with him, and find out if it would be possible to make a site with some info and donated/missing $ values

I have seen communities like Sharereactor etc. collecting 8000$ in about a week, shouldn't we be able to do the same?
I currently don't have the money for donating, but I have bought a T-shirt and a few cd's from the store

If somebody could talk to Daniel and ask what he thinks of the idea, after all, it is his hard work that started this great distribution and community.
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dmartin · Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 9:38 pm Post subject:

Just donated $20.00.

mudrii · l33t Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 789 Location: Singapore

IHI bought 2 T-shirts ;-)

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mgm77 · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 2:07 am Post subject: $20 AUS - Thanks Daniel

Thankyou Daniel for bringing Gentoo into existance. Gentoo linux is brilliant and I have learnt so much through using it. Thankyou.

afabco · Guru Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 380

Is there an address to send a check for the debt relief?

thx

scourage · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:39 am Post subject:

I think that $1 from people who use the distribution would be way to say thank you to Mr. Robbins for his hard work. He has been very unselfish with his time and effort and $1 shouldn't break anybody's bank. Maybe a moderator should post a sticky post at the top of the forums that shows where the donation button is (an explaination too). The donation button (paypal) icon on the main page makes it very easy. Many hands makes for light work.

Cheers,

Bob
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MG-Cloud · Apprentice Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 200

Donated $20.... just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work and a Linux system that I actually love using =) I would donate more if possible (maybe in the coming months) but I'm broke now. Good luck

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jbc28 · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 9:22 am Post subject:

Donated $25. I wonder if Daniel's seen this topic?
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tomk · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 12:47 pm Post subject:

I took advantage of a good exchange rate and donated $55

kweerious · n00b Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Posts: 6 Location: nyc

kappert · n00b Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Posts: 10

Children of the Revolution:

This is absurd. How many lazy morons and criminals reap tons of money for doing nothing or for being very destructive to others and the planet? And a hard working man like Daniel Robbins who contributed so much to the community should have to worry about how to sustain his family?

It seems the only reason he has to drop his work at Gentoo is for financial reasons! Something is going VERY wrong here. But the good news is: We can do something about this injustice.

The man deserves to be a MILLIONAIRE!! I hope your donations will keep flowing until we have made that goal!

(Throwing in my 30.- US$ as soon as my PayPal registration is through)

Tate · n00b Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 13 Location: London

I have quite late discovered the Gentoo distro, have, however, since been hooked and have replaced my xp box with this brilliant brilliant flavour of linux

20$ and a T-Shirt order is on its way.

Thanks for all your work Daniel.

Sven (Tate)

SuperSheep · Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 11:49 am Post subject:

I'm with the previous post. If all of the forum members chucked in around $1 each, that'd more than cover Daniel's debt. Even if some members aren't active, some will chuck in more, some will pay less, so it'll average out eventually.

There really needs to be a link to this from the front page. Mr. Robbins deserves a reward for his hard work (as well as the other devs, of course).
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fatpiper · n00b Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 18 Location: UK

Just donated $20.-- Daniel you rock my boxen, I hope we can help you repay some of your debts.

A question though: how do we make sure that these donations are going directly to Daniel and not to any other Gentoo-related cause? I want my $20, small as they are, to take his debt from $20,000 to $19,980, because debt really sucks, and that's $20 less he'll have to pay interest on for the next 30 years.

Thanks Daniel, for your contributions and sacrifices. You were a leader and a role-model to us all, and I hope you take the time to read this thread, and buy yourself and your family dinner with our donations before paying off your debts.

COME ON PEOPLE! We've gotta make this man RICH!
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