November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM, "Edouard Klein" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Edouard%20Klein%22%20%3Cedou%40rdklein.fr%3E > wrote:
> > Hi all, > > Speaking strictly for me here: > > My margins are not razor sharp, they are negative. That is to say, my > consulting activity is a way for me to finance my guix and Plan 9 > related activities. I don't make any money out of guix-hosting.com, the > fees cover the costs of the servers + a small margin, and I spend more > time on it than the margin is worth, when compared to my mean daily fee > for consulting. > > So giving away money from the sales would make no sense for me, if money > was of the essence, everybody would be better off if I took one more > consulting client and gave money out of that. > > But I'm trying to give back in other ways: my contribution to the the > recent vfs-mapping and shared-cache services are an example of something > that happened thanks to my commercial guix activity, and once I get the > physical server running, I intend to make some of that infrastructure > public. > > I will see what my fiscal position is at the end of the next fiscal year > (which for me runs from sept. to august) and I'll certainly consider > participating to the common fund if I'm in a position to do so then. > > Also I need to get out of the house more and participate to the IRL > events in Paris that Tanguy is hosting. > > So the idea is nice, and I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't think I > can afford it exactly that way right now. We could try increasing your rate during the compain. If you buy a VPS from guix-hosting.com for $100 + a tip ... then beaver labs will donate the tip to guix. Just a thought. > Cheers, > > Edouard. > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] writes: > > > > > Hey Guix team! > > > > It's awesome that you all launch fundraising campaigns! > > > > Here's this for an idea, how about we partner with say guix-hosting.com, > > https://www.thinkpenguin.com/, purism, olimex (1), MNT reform, raptor > > computing, > > and other companies offering services/selling hardware? We could ask that > > those > > companies give a a discount to customers using the discount code "guix", > > and > > they will donate a portion of their sales to guix. > > > > I myself have access to desktop Intel Optiplex 7010 machines with a 2 TB > > hard > > drive (or SSDs), and 8 - 32 GB of ram. I'm happy to sell many of those > > machines > > running guix system for $400 and donate $50 of the sale to guix for as > > long as > > guix has the fundraiser. > > > > I also have a Talos II motherboard with used power9 cpus that I will be > > assembling soon. I'm happy to sell that for about $6,000 and donate $200 to > > guix. I could sell maybe 10 Talos IIs. Or I could sell some assembled > > blackbirds > > for $3,000 and donate $100 to guix. I could sell perhaps 10 of those > > machines as > > well (2). > > > > 1) https://www.olimex.com/Products/DIY-Laptop/ > > > > 2) https://video.hardlimit.com/w/qYa49Z84LTFf7euRRXeoAU > > >
