* Martin Schulze (joey@infodrom.org) wrote: > Stephen Frost wrote: > > I tend to agree that we don't seem to need the money currently, although > > I do wonder about the possibility of what we might do with a consistent > > dependable revenue stream (debconf trips for Debian, additional obscure > > hardware and professional hosting for it). > > How much money are we talking about anyway? EUR 100 per month? Something > like 20kEUR a year? Or more? Please take into account what you think, > for example, HP sponsors Debian and debconf with, each year, and without > requiring the projects web page to be plastered with advertising. Don't know how much it'd bring in, that'd be a question for tbm. I appriciate HP and other companies support. As I understand it though, in general companies tend to either provide services (machine hosting, mirrors, alternative architectures, conference hosting, etc) or spot-donations. These are great but can make it difficult to predict cash flow and get a handle on how much we can spend on a regular basis as opposted to emergency or one-time purchasing. > I often see 'constant revenue stream' from you, but no concret numbers. If I knew the numbers, I'd be happy to provide them. I did mention previously (in an email you replied to, I believe) that I expected it would be a reasonably small revenue stream. > Do you speak from experience? Please also note that "the online ad > marked decreased" lately, so the income may not be that high and the > price we would have to pay for it may actually much higher, if only > for using Joeys as contributor. I wouldn't expect that much money from the ad revenue. I certainly don't picture it bringing in loads of cash and I'm not trying to justify my support of ads by the amount it would bring in. I think it's a good idea to look into consistent revenue sources. This seems like a reasonable one to me. Unfortunately, this knee-jerk reaction is likely to be the same for any consistent revenue source that Debian considers. Do you have any suggestion as to something that'd be a consistent revenue source for Debian that you *wouldn't* be opposed to? Maybe a Debian Magazine (with/without ads?)? Or a subscriber-only Debian website (run by those willing to provide the content for it, obviously)? What about Debian selling CDs directly (though, well, it'd help if we released on a more regular basis for that, but then, that'd be a good thing for us to do *anyway*)? Stephen
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