=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/goals.html,v retrieving revision 1.39 retrieving revision 1.40 diff -u -r1.39 -r1.40 --- www/goals.html 1999/05/13 20:28:45 1.39 +++ www/goals.html 1999/09/01 20:32:42 1.40 @@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to internet line costs and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone experiences. For this reason, the project sells CDROMs of our most -recent release. Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD, whether at a +recent release. The project also started making tshirts to fund the +project. Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD or tshirt, whether at a conference, from one of our other locations, or from our - CDROM ordering page, you are helping to -increase the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases. + CDROM ordering page, you are helping to increase +the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases.

It is also possible to donate funds or hardware, @@ -92,25 +93,24 @@ out to "OpenBSD".)

-Theo de Raadt has spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to make OpenBSD run so -far, mostly due to expensive networking costs in Canada and such (due +In the beginning, Theo de Raadt spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to start +OpenBSD, mostly due to expensive networking costs in Canada (due to USA crypto policies, it is not possible to move the project to the -USA). No funding or cost-sharing of the project comes from any -company or educational institution. As well, Theo works full-time on -improving OpenBSD. Additional funding is urgently needed at all times, -in fact a nice sponsorship or two would go a long ways towards ensuring -that OpenBSD continues to exist. Currently the project is in grave -danger. +USA). Thus far, no serious funding or cost-sharing of the project +has come from any company or educational institution. +Theo works full-time on improving OpenBSD, and much of the project's +funds are spent to buy developers new hardware so that they can +continue to improve OpenBSD (for example, more than 20 new kinds of +ethernet cards have showed up on the market since OpenBSD was +started). +Thus, funding is needed at all times, in fact a nice sponsorship or two +would go a long ways towards ensuring that OpenBSD continues to exist. -

-Please do not take this above statement too lightly, since the -project is typically not in strong financial health. -


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