martin f krafft dijo [Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 08:35:38AM +0200]: > I would not call these fees competitive, but there is no doubt that > Paypal provides some useful management features. So yes, using it > while it's a reasonable option makes sense, but IMHO, we should not > just settle for it and look no further. Paypal already is massive > and I'd much rather see us pick a smaller, innovative competitor. > > In particular, I think we should not foreclose the possibility to > accept crypto-currencies, e.g. Bitcoin. Paypal itself is in the > process of embracing Bitcoin (as it enables them to pay less money > to its partner banks etc.) and there is no reason why we should give > them such a large percentage of turnover.
Be liberal in what you accept, be conservative in what you send. In other words: IMO, there's no reason to foreclose accepting Paypal or crypto-currencies, as long as we don't hold assets in them for the mid- or long-term. _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
