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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/index.html b/docs/busybox.net/index.html index b9faa3d..bdc4a6b 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/index.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/index.html @@ -78,6 +78,55 @@ To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo <ul> + <li> <b>18 November 2001 -- Help us buy busybox.net!</b> + + <!-- Begin PayPal Logo --> + <center> + Click here to help buy busybox.net! + <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> + <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> + <input type="hidden" name="business" value="andersen@codepoet.org"> + <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Support Busybox/Buy busybox.net"> + <input type="hidden" name="image_url" value="https://https://busybox.lineo.com/images/busybox2.jpg"> + <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> + <input type="image" src="http://images.paypal.com/images/x-click-butcc-donate.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> + </form> + </center> + <!-- End PayPal Logo --> + + I've contacted the current owner of busybox.net and he is willing + to sell the domain name -- for $250. He also owns busybox.org + but will not part with it... I will then need to pay the + registry fee, so this will initially cost about $300. I would + also like to host busybox.net on my home machine (codepoet.org) + so I have full control over the system, but I would need to + increase the level of bandwidth I am paying for (there have been + over 1 Gigabyte of busybox source downloads for the month of + November alone -- other months have had more). + <p> + + I was going to pay it all myself, but my wife didn't like that + idea at all (big surprise). It turns out, she has better ideas + about what we should spend our money on that don't involve + busybox. She suggested I should ask for contributions on the + mailing list and web page. So... + <p> + + I am hoping that if everyone could contribute a bit we could pick + up the busybox.net domain name, and cover the bandwidth costs. I + know that busybox is being used by a lot of companies as well as + individuals -- hopefully companies willing to contribute back a + bit. So if everyone could please help out, that would be + wonderful! + <p> + + p.s. I plan on updating the Changelog later this evening, and + releasing busybox 0.60.2 later tonight. I will probably just merge + in vodz' msh since it fixes known problems, and since I havn't had + time to make it uClinux safe. Changelog entries for busybox.stable + are welcome. + + <p> <li> <b>23 August 2001 -- BusyBox 0.60.1 released</b> <br> |