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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 00:31:17 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-Rcm AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: minor update on Re: Donations for CGF (Was Re: [EXTREMELY OFF-TOPIC] The sad state of cgf's existing new laptop)
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On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 03:48:55PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 01:41:14PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>> >On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Steve Fairbairn wrote:
>> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: Charles Werner [mailto:cw AT gamma-rs DOT ch]
>> >> > Sent: 08 April 2003 07:41
>> >> > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>> >> > Subject: [EXTREMELY OFF-TOPIC] The sad state of cgf's existing new
>> >> > laptop
>> >> >
>> >> > What email address do I use for cgf's paypal account?
>> >> > Let's get this man a computer!
>> >>
>> >> Good call, someone tell me how to give money with paypal or whatever, and
>> >> I'll throw $10 dollars cgf's way.
>> >>
>> >> Make it list mail rather than personal, in case anyone else wants to as
>> >> well.
>> >> Steve.
>> >
>> >Well, I don't quite know how to use PayPal, but it seems to accept cgf's
>> >e-mail at RedHat as registered.  If this is confirmed, I'll post a link.
>>
>> <no-shame-mode>That's me.</no-shame-mode>
>>
>> >Chris, why postpone the inevitable?  Please let the list know which
>> >address to use for donations, and let us help. ;-)
>>
>> Someone has already donated something there.  I really can't believe
>> this and other expressions of sympathy I've received.  It's amazing how
>> often a bad experience can offer new positive perspectives on life.
>>
>> *sniff*  Something in my eye...
>> cgf
>
>I've realized a while ago that the one deserving person Chris cannot
>really give a gold star to is himself, but this is lots better than a gold
>star... :-D
>
>Ok, everyone, if you want to contribute a token of your appreciation to
>the Ruler, Czar, and Monarch (RCM) of Cygwin, the person who oversees the
>Cygwin project, provides us with useful packages like "cygwin", "sh-utils",
>"man/groff/less", "gcc/binutils/gdb/bison", "texinfo", and many more,
>handles our whining and (oh, horror) GPL questions on a regular basis, and
>still finds the time to hack on the Cygwin DLL, the one and only CGF, you
>may use the following link:

Btw, paypal just sent me email because someone forwarded my message to
them.  They told me to do a bunch of things that I'd already done and
made some observations which seemed to imply that they actually hadn't
read the email that had been forwarded to them.  I took the opportunity
to ask them if I could get the personal information on the scumbag
for a law enforcement agency.  Lets see if they ignore this request,
too.

Thanks, whoever you were, for getting them to contact me.  And, many
many many many many thanks to the incredible outpouring of generosity
from the list.  I couldn't believe it when I woke up today and found
more donations from the list.  I thought sure that this would be all
finished by yesterday.

I've used your generosity as an object lesson to my kids that there
really are good people in the world.  I mentioned it to my parents too
but after a half hour discussion about cygwin, free software, why cygwin
isn't really a Red Hat enterprise, etc., I don't think they got it.

The kids got it, though.  It's almost worth the pain of financial loss
to be able to point at the fact that the world isn't a completely
uncaring place.  I'm sure they think that Dad is a little embarrassing
for getting choked up when he tells the story of the kind folks in
the cygwin mailing list, but what the heck...

I need to give myself some off-topic coal for this thread but I really
do appreciate the commiseration I've received.  It has been a really
tough couple of weeks for me thanks to this and another even more
serious issue and the response of people here has really helped.

Ok.  Enough of my slobbering.  Get back to work.

You over there!  cygwin-apps isn't a bug reporting mailing list!
Are you crazy?

And you!  Yes, you with the cron problem!  We need cygcheck output!
As an attachment, dammit!

What?  You aren't shipping sources with your binaries?  Are you
daft, man?  Have you never heard of the GPL?  I quiver with outrage
at your impertinence!

That's better.

cgf

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