> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > wrote: > > I don't know how big people think the donations are, but sure, it is > > substantial. Yet it is not as much as these amounts above. The > > remaining is paid out of my salary, and yes, my salary is CD sales > > dependent. And yes, everyone including Nadine thinks that is a > > ridiculous situation, but so it is. > > OK, this gives me more impetus to buy CDs (I buy it off and on), but > quick question - when we buy CDs, and we donate - does that go > straight to you (ie, is part/whole of that your salary too, or is it > pigeon holed for something else?)
When you buy a CD from a reseller like Wim, we apparently lose a lot because his previous debt is still unserviced. When you buy a CD from a reseller serviced by Wim, we also used to lose, but more recently we don't lose, and it comes out to around 60%. When you buy a CD from any other reseller who buys direct from the Computer Shop, 60% goes to the Computer Shop. When you buy a CD from the Computer shop, 100% ends up in the Computer Shop accounts. OK, so what happens after that. The Computer Shop deducts the costs of making the production, which includes the artwork, music, the actual disk prodution cost, and other parts of the building the package. Then they subtract a service fee, shall we say, for fullfillment of orders and all that kind of stuff. After that, they pay me a salary, and I suppose, save a bit more in some other way for the rainy days when CD sales are lower. Or as they had to do over the last few years -- they pay extra from a previous rainy day fund because a distributor has not paid his bills on time. > I work for a living, and would hate to see my income drop. I would > much prefer to be able to help send things along the right way. Yup. Definately.
