Re: Request free live CD
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:00:22 -0500
Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> Celejar wrote:
> >
> > I do understand and agree with this, but my point was that we (at least
> > the more helpful of us) on this list are perfectly willing to freely
> > give of our time to help others, so why would we (at least those of us
> > fortunate enough to have disposable income to spare) not be willing to
> > give of our money as well to help others who need it?
>
> That's easy: time is much more effective than money in this
> context.
>
> If you answer a question on this mailing list, it is recorded
> and can be searched; hundreds or thousands of people can be
> helped.
>
> If you fix a bug in a major package, millions of people will be
> helped.
Fair points, certainly, although many people spend much time even on
very minor packages, and on helping people with very niche questions,
where their answers are really unlikely to help hundreds or thousands
of people.
> If you donate the money that you make in an hour to postage and
> media for DVDs or USB sticks, somewhere between a fraction of a
> person and a couple of hundred will be helped -- for an average
> US income, about 2 USB sticks.
>
> Money is great, but it is needed in business-sized quantities.
> Any individual person with skills makes the community better off by
> answering questions and fixing bugs than they would by donating
> the equivalent time in money.
>
> As a corollary, if you can spend a couple of hours convincing a
> business that runs Debian to donate some money, that's probably
> an excellent use of your time.
Indeed.
Celejar
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