[SunRescue] Re: [geeks] Question...

[Robert Novak]

On Thu, 24 May 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 12:16:16PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > Would you guys object to a short 1 or 2-line sponsorship message
> > at the bottom of each email from the rescue/geeks/sunhelp lists?
> 
> Actually rather than do this, I've setup the following:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PXU3UAY1SWEGJ 
> 
> "Help Support SunHELP" banner, through Amazon's Honor System.

The main downside to Amazon's system is that they get a substantial cut of
it (15% plus $0.15). I know Paypal has a similar option (a "donate"
button) that has slightly lower fees (closer to 2%). 

> After thinking a bit, corporate sponsorship of the lists is a
> bad idea - after all, we wanna be able to criticize anybody and
> diss anybody we want if necessary. 8-)  

Probably a pretty good idea.

--Rob (who got spammed by a "Bill Bradford, Account Representative, Sun
Microsystems" yesterday at work ... hope it's no relation :-) )

Robert Novak, Indyramp Consulting * rnovak at indyramp.com * indyramp.com/~rnovak
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