Ok, the next time the PC or NDP or whoever get in. The helicopters happened in 1993 when we went from PC to Liberal. I don't think the liberals will make another election with majority....do you?
Seems somewhat farfetched. Sure we have people, we have technology, but we don't have the government backing. Every four years, when we change from liberal to...whatever, programs get squashed and the money dissappears. As a fine example, take a look at our rescue helicopters. They were on order and being built. We had an election and the order was cancelled, costing us millions in cancellation fees. For no reason other than that the new government didn't want to carry on a project from the old. About a year later the new government made a new order for cheaper and less capable choppers, at almost the same price!
So if this happens to the mars mission, we'll be lucky to get to the moon.
So I see no harm in having a donation page. It allows people, me for instance, to pay what I can for the distribution without paying full price. I don't need the support, but I don't have the capabilities to make my own distro. I say be nice and give up what you can for the OS on your desk. Remember, this is voluntary, if you don't want to pay, you don't have to pay!
"although a bit worse for the environment."
Untrue! Diesel produced more particulates but is lower in CO2 emissions, about 20% less than a conventional gasoline powered engine. CO, HC and NOx emissions are less than previous Volkswagen Diesels. Diesel fuel has lower evaporative emissions than gasoline. Diesel fuel also requires less energy intensive refining than gasoline.
This is almost a direct quote from
http://www.tdiclub.com/TDIFAQ/TDiFAQ-5.html
Of course, the heart size and metabolic rate of dinasaurs is not known. Scientists can guess (hypothesize) about these things, but in the end we really do not know.
GNUCash is a great step for Linux in general. However, to call it 'Quicken Like' is like calling a moped 'Car Like'. Quicken is a fully matured program that manages many different function in financial tracking and planning. GNUCash is an account tracker.
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Ok, the next time the PC or NDP or whoever get in. The helicopters happened in 1993 when we went from PC to Liberal. I don't think the liberals will make another election with majority....do you?
Seems somewhat farfetched. Sure we have people, we have technology, but we don't have the government backing. Every four years, when we change from liberal to ...whatever, programs get squashed and the money dissappears. As a fine example, take a look at our rescue helicopters. They were on order and being built. We had an election and the order was cancelled, costing us millions in cancellation fees. For no reason other than that the new government didn't want to carry on a project from the old. About a year later the new government made a new order for cheaper and less capable choppers, at almost the same price!
So if this happens to the mars mission, we'll be lucky to get to the moon.
So I see no harm in having a donation page. It allows people, me for instance, to pay what I can for the distribution without paying full price. I don't need the support, but I don't have the capabilities to make my own distro. I say be nice and give up what you can for the OS on your desk. Remember, this is voluntary, if you don't want to pay, you don't have to pay!
"although a bit worse for the environment." Untrue! Diesel produced more particulates but is lower in CO2 emissions, about 20% less than a conventional gasoline powered engine. CO, HC and NOx emissions are less than previous Volkswagen Diesels. Diesel fuel has lower evaporative emissions than gasoline. Diesel fuel also requires less energy intensive refining than gasoline. This is almost a direct quote from http://www.tdiclub.com/TDIFAQ/TDiFAQ-5.html
I disagree. My computer sits under my desk and therefor it cannot be a desktop.
Of course, the heart size and metabolic rate of dinasaurs is not known. Scientists can guess (hypothesize) about these things, but in the end we really do not know.
GNUCash is a great step for Linux in general. However, to call it 'Quicken Like' is like calling a moped 'Car Like'. Quicken is a fully matured program that manages many different function in financial tracking and planning. GNUCash is an account tracker.