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- Path: sparky!uunet!unislc!erc
- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: Paying off Linus' PC (was: Linux Standards)
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- References: <1992Aug21.065950.8463@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.174248.16684@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:42:48 GMT
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- Linus Benedict Torvalds (torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI) wrote:
-
- : Finally, I won't give any guarantees of what the money will be used for:
- : if you add some kind of message giving preferences ("use it to pay off
- : your computer"), I'll naturally follow them within reasonable limits,
- : but I might just use them to pay off my "beer&pizza"-debts (*), which
- : might be against your religion or whatever.
-
- If anyone wants to send me $$$ for developing the mailpak stuff, I'll
- use it to buy chocolate (first priority!) and a 486/50 motherboard, a
- bigger hard drive, and more memory. :) Any extra goes to buy pizza--
- hamburger & mushroom with extra cheese! :)
-
- Oops, I forgot that SVGA card and monitor I've been lusting after, so I,
- too, can run X! It's really depressing to know that one has better
- development tools at home than at work. :(
-
- : longer. Also, there are others that have contributed to linux, and I
- : won't give them anything (not because I'm a selfish bastard, but simply
- : due to practical reasons).
-
- ...like 486 machines aren't cheap! :( Besides, if you want to send *me*
- anything, hardware is gratefully accepted :) Beer, maybe. But, whatever
- you do, *please* DON'T SEND PIZZA! :) :) :)
-
- : If any of the above reasons made you decide I don't really need the
- : money, I just ask you not to mail me about it. I /don't/ want to know
- : about any money I might have gotten, but didn't.
-
- : (*) Yes, beer is reasonably costly over here in Finland, but no, my
- : debts aren't really that big. Quite small, in fact, considering..
-
- Just send Linus beer! :) What brand do you drink, Linus? :)
- --
- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 801/538-0177
- "This is the final task I will ever give you, and it goes on forever. Act
- happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
- and do what you will." -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
-