But that's not just $100.  It's a *shiny* $100.

That can make a difference.  Esp in the dark of winter
(he said while hiding from the Berkeley sun and avoiding
planting in the garden).


Quoting Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com):
> 
> seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) writes:
> > In message <87isvuy9sy.fsf@snark.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
> > >A bit of general advice: NetBSD is a volunteer project, so no one is
> > >being paid to look at particular trouble tickets. Therefore, your best
> > >chance if something is bothering you a lot is to be loud about it and
> > >to track down people who can help if you want something fixed quickly.
> > 
> > The best noise to make is "I have a shiny $100 bill for the first person to
> > submit a fix".   That'll fix a lot of bugs.
> 
> Probably not, actually. It is easier to get people to fix this stuff
> for love than money unless you're willing to pay real money, and most
> people here earn enough that $100 isn't going to pay for 20 hours of
> their life very well...