2009/3/27 Christiano Farina Haesbaert <christiano...@gmail.com> > 2009/3/27 Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > > > ... > > > > ... and how well does that work. A request for money to buy 3 new > > infrastructure machines gathered more donation money in 1 week > > ... than all the other donations for the previous 6 months. I often > > wonder how many of those were "FTP install donations". Very few, I > > think. Either there aren't a lot of people, or they are poor, or > > they lack the spirit. Shrug. > > > > > I believe you have to consider that international shipping is quite > expensive, not only for the shipping itself but because most people that > need it are from developing countries. > > Take my case for instance, I'm from Brazil, 1CDN is about R$1,83 (Brazilian > currency), take into the fact that 50CDN is about 1/5 of the monthly wages > (ok everyone that would use openbsd gets at least 4 minimum wages) plus > 30-40CDN of shipping costs, it's a lot of money, way more for us than for > europeans and or Canadians/North Americans. > Consider the population in BRIC countries plus all the Asia, billions of > people that don't have other option besides ordering. > > Yes, there is a distributor here, but it costs more than ordering, I > believe > it is the same with the other countries. > What I'm trying to say is: Yes, people download because they are "poor".
I am from Ecuador, even we are more "poor" my spirt will light up to work harder and be proud of have little Puffy :) Cheers :) > > > I bought myself a 4.4 poster and a t-shirt, and I would love to buy the 4.5 > CD and another poster, but it's quite a hit in my account, so I will end up > downloading... > > If we could only get those CDs for a cheaper price, I really believe the > outcome would be much better, I'm saying cheaper price for poor countries, > I > guess it's better selling for a cheaper price than not selling at all. > > As for donations... I feel much better transfering money to a paypal > account > as I do not feel "harmed" as I do when paying international shipping costs. > > Again: I'm not pointing a solution I'm only exploring the view of "Yes they > are poor" and I do NOT feel that the CDs itself are expensive, but with > international shipping FOR developing countries they then get expensive. > > Best Regards > > -- > Christiano Farina Haesbaert > > -- Atentamente Andris Genovez Tobar / Sistemas www.crice.org
