Re: Major donors

From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Major donors
Date: 2006-03-22 20:07:23
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jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com ("Jim C. Nasby") writes:
> It also might not make sense from a financial perspective. $1k is
> quite a lot for most individuals, but it's a tiny sum for all but
> the smallest companies.

I suspect it's a more significant thing, in fact, if a project
attracts contributions from 50 individuals that add to $1000 (that's a
mere $20 apiece) than if it attracts $10K from a corporate donor.

I'd expect getting 50 people to take the (pretty nominal) action to be
more difficult than to get one person to sign off on $10K.

If a project needs $10K, the latter is obviously necessary;
demonstrating the "grass roots support" of the first $1K would be
quite compelling to the folks with bigger purse strings...
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