From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-10-12T05:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: rubyforge.org still down ?

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

> And I'm not averse to using any old excuse to mention that we accept
> donations on an ongoing basis -- both for general Ruby Central initiatives
> and support, and for sponsorship of specific aspects of RubyConf -- here:
> http://www.rubycentral.org/pledge

i answer quite a few questions on comp.lang.ruby/ruby-talk for free.  lately
quite a few people have started contacting me directly and offered to pay to
get quick answers to questions.  so far i haven't taken anyone up on it.

however, i'll mention here, for posterity, that i would prioritize any
question/problem/bug emailed to me directly (while still cc'ing ruby-talk of
any code) if the sender gave a donation, no matter how small, to rubycentral.

i wonder if something more organized along these lines might work out:

   rubycentral donation => quick ruby help

??

-a
-- 
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