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Maksimiuk Darek wrote:
> Dear All,
> Maybe our small community can support some of the BlackBox activities at Oberon Microsystem by using a magic
> button with "PayPal" text in it? If, of course, OM can put such a visual gadget on their
> web page.
>
> Regards,
> Darek
>
I actually agree with this sentiment. Oberon and its descendant
BlackBox/Component Pascal has (in my opinion) failed in marketing its
products. Previously I was informed by OuS that it would talk about
$100,000 to support a port of BlackBox to Unix. I have wondered over
the years whether a fund could have been created such that donations
into it would eventually meet that goal (and any other worthwhile goal).
When it comes to politics here in the US of A it is amazing to see how
quickly $100K, $300K, or $500K can be raised. But then the community to
which the funds are requested is on the order of 1 million souls. But
surely we could at least try and emulate the process?
I'm willing to kick in some funds if the project is well stated and well
organized.
-Doug Danforth
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