On 8/1/2011 5:38 PM, William "Chops" Westfield wrote: > > > In the absence of obvious funding models, it would be nice if the > mechanisms were at least explicit. There's a lot of confusion out > there about the difference between "this costs $X to make" and "this > costs $X to buy." > > BillW > >2) It sounds like they'll be using a BOGO-like model where "real >users" will be paying more to subsidize the cheap "charitable" >versions. I don't think I like that model. From their faq page: "Buy-one-give-one is an option, not a requirement. A lot of commenters=20 have been keen to see us provide this option." --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .