Silly spam stuff. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 11:30 PM Subject: Re: Which company or individual can sponsor me on a summer trip to Europe? To: Ori Idan <[email protected]> Cc: Shlomi Fish <[email protected]>, Linux-IL <[email protected]>
Hi Ori, On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 06:49:06 +0300 Ori Idan <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I'll jump on this wagon, > I also want sponsorship, I ask for half the amount that Shlomi is asking. > I will use the money to buy a sailing yacht and sail around the world, Ok > maybe not around the world but at least in the Mediterranean. > In return to this generous sponsorship I will put the name of the company > on the sails of the yacht. > Note that sail areas is around 30 sqr. meters so there is a huge area for a > big add. > Any takers? > > N.B. regard this message a humor (although I would not resist to really get > such donation) It was kinda funny, in the same way that my Chuck Norris/etc. factoids (see http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/shlomif-factoids.html ) parody a lot of logical or philosophical truisms. And I gently parody Chuck Norris factoids themselves, with Summer Glau factoids. > I already have my own company, however this company's > earnings at this point allow me to sponsor a little more then Falafel dish > at a Kiosk stand, it still does not allow me to sponsor neither my own > yacht nor Shlomi's trip. > I wouldn't mind an invitation for a meal or a drink (with a chat - see: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shlomif/14354321309/ ), but perhaps you should rethink your strategy. A good action hero (a.k.a a "hacker") knows how to change direction, perhaps understanding that many beliefs held in the past for years or decades are wrong now. Here are some business models which i believe are sustainable: 1. Collect donations or ask for money for public appearances in advance - see https://plus.google.com/+ShlomiFish/posts/GUpTuA6641x . 2. The Flickr model - charge people for a premium model. 3. The Bandcamp/Humble-Bundle model - pay what you want (people can be very generous). 4. The cloud model - pay for hosting or a MMORPG account (World-of-Warcraft/etc.) or whatever. 5. Pay to liberate - collect money to make a CC-by-nc-sa work CC-by/etc. Regards, -- Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Chuck Norris/etc. Facts - http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/ Judaism: God knows you will do shit, does nothing to prevent it, but makes you take the blame for it anyways. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- ------------------------------------------ Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Chuck Norris helps the gods that help themselves. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
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