Changes between Version 171 and Version 172 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

Dec 3, 2012, 12:33:59 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Silvan Scherrer

Comment:

sponsoring part rephrased

WikiStart

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 == Sponsoring ==
-Partial funding is already provided by several companies and individuals, with Mensys BV being the main sponsor, but we still need to cover an amount of 8,000 EUR. If you are interested in sponsoring Java please contact Silvan Scherrer (silvan dot scherrer at aroa dot ch) directly or buy sponsoring units (like explained below).
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-In case you wonder what happened: Initially, funding was fully assured but one sponsor decided to redirect funds to another OS/2-related project. We did not loose the sponsor completely, but this project did.
+To start the project, partial funding was already provided by several companies and individuals, with Mensys BV being the main sponsor. But we still needed to cover an amount of 8,000 EUR. At the 24th November 2011 we reached that goal and could release Java GA.
 [[BR]]
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-If you would like to contribute to this port, you are welcome to buy a sponsoring unit for that at Mensys. '''100%''' of that money will be transferred to the developers.
+To have the project updated in a regular timeframe, we need more sponsoring.[[BR]]
+If you are interested in sponsoring Java please contact Silvan Scherrer (silvan dot scherrer at aroa dot ch) directly or buy sponsoring units. Such units can be purchased at Mensys. '''100%''' of that money will be transferred to the developers.
 
 The Mensys sponsor link is: [http://www.mensys.com/shop/NetlabsJava6]
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 === Sponsoring Barometer ===
 ==== Java GA ====
-last update at 24st November 2011
+last update at 24th November 2011
 || ||Euro||%||
 ||required sum||8000||100||
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  * Christian Hennecke (initial PR)
  * Mensys BV (most funding)
+ * OS/2 Voice (biggest sponsor beside Mensys)
 
  * netlabs.org (hosting & support)