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DynDNS Donates $20K to Perl Foundation

hfb on 2002-01-19T00:57:59

cwest writes "At the geek cruise tonight, Tim Wilde has announced that his company has given USD 20,000 to the Perl Foundation!"

Wow

bschoate on 2002-01-19T16:41:04

Don't know about you guys, but this astounds me. A volunteer-run, user donation-supported organization funding volunteers for a free software project.

Puts the corporate world to shame.

Updates

krellis on 2002-01-20T20:42:45

FYI, the Press Release has been updated with photos from the event, and some additional quotes. And if anyone wants to ask, yes Damian and Larry really did say those things - in fact, they wrote their quotes directly into the release themselves after the presentation!

dyndns

gnat on 2002-01-21T01:23:57

This rocks so hard. The very generous donation from the good folks at dyndns has put us to the point where we have enough money to begin doing something with it. Look for news soon ...

--Nat

What about Pair?

Matts on 2002-01-21T10:11:50

It seems there's also been a rather large donation from Pair Networks, but as an individual donation from Tim Gaichas. Odd that they wouldn't capitalise on the advertising value of the donation...

Re:What about Pair?

Nick Mailer on 2002-01-21T11:41:36

Maybe they've read the biblical edict about what makes "good charity" ;-)

I Emailed Tim O'Reilly and asked why he hadn't made a specific donation this year (I thought the publicity would be good, what with hackers thinking the company's turning into a veritable Microsoft shop).

I hadn't realised that O'Reilly was in such serious trouble, though, so I won't blame him if he doesn't this year!

Re:What about Pair?

Matts on 2002-01-21T12:42:02

Maybe they've read the biblical edict about what makes "good charity" ;-)

Actually that's a very fair point. Good on them for not bragging about it (though I won't deride them if they do ;-)

As for O'Reilly, yes, they're in a very tough spot. As is everyone. I'm sure Tim feels pretty bad for not having surplus cash to donate. That's just the way things are these days.

Re:What about Pair?

cwest on 2002-01-21T15:00:44

"Bragging" about it is exactly what turns the heads of CEO's and Managers and all the people who can decide where 20k of pocket change can go this year.

That was the strategic design goal of this.

Re:What about Pair?

mattriffle on 2002-01-21T16:06:00

The fund status page does now say pair Networks, though we are still alphabetized by "Gaichas." :)

Thanks,

Matt Riffle
Sr. Systems Programmer
pair Networks, Inc.

Simcity Papers?

russell on 2002-01-21T15:23:16

Anyone played Simcity and can remember the random things people would say in the papers? This immediately reminded me of it.

From the article:
Larry:



"Wow! I've seen crowd surfing before, but I've never done it myself. It's a fabulous feeling to throw yourself out over the mosh pit and find yourself so solidly supported. The future is bright for both Perl and the community that brings it to life. Wow!"