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Philip Lalone <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Instead of a charity drive, why not try to find someone willing to
> dedicated their hardware and bandwidth to the list?

    Many people have offered, and Jory may decide to take one of
    those offers.  In general, though, I think we'd all like to
    ensure that the survival of the list desn't rely on anyone's
    generosity.

> If people want to send Jory money for what he's done, that fine,
> but I highly doubt it'll be enough to help him get all the items
> listed, and to keep it, the money will have to keep coming.

    Jory has no plans to make the list a fee-based service.

    It's interesting... I've received a lot of email already from
    people who are donating, and I don't think ANY of them have
    mentioned the new services that Jory might choose to add to the
    PICLIST.  As I recall, all of them just thanked Jory for the work
    he's done so far.

    As I said in the Fund FAQ... If you don't feel that the Fund will
    make a difference, and you don't feel that you've already
    received enough from the PICLIST to warrant a donation, then
    please don't donate.

> Microchip comes to mind, they have a nice domain, and it would be
> quite appopriate if they did take over the list, that is, if they
> were willing.

    It's important for the list to remain an independent forum... I
    don't think you'll find much support for the idea that it'd be
    "quite appropriate" for Microchip to "take over the list".

    There's already another internet mailing list devoted to PICs...
    But it's owned and moderated by a commercial vendor of PIC
    development toys (excuse me, I mean "development tools").  As a
    result, its content is nowhere NEAR as good as what's here on the
    PICLIST.

    -Andy

Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com
Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499