Sounds good. They run Red Hat based server with Apache. Good stuff (attach). Best of luck, NM On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 15:40 -0700, Stormy Peters wrote: > We got this offer today. > > I did a bit of research and XIPWIRE seem to be a startup that just > launched so there's not a lot of history to check out. They have > gotten a lot of good press from the local Philadelphia news[1]. > > The difference between this and the donation texts that most people > are familiar with is that you have to login to the XIPWIRE website at > least once to set up your account and connect it to a bank account or > credit card. It doesn't pull from your cell phone bill. > > So regardless of what we do here, I think we should continue to pursue > the other text options we have. > > Thoughts? Should we help market this? We'd be asking for GNOME > donations and we'd also be encouraging people to set up XIPWIRE > accounts. > > Stormy > > P.S. I removed Sharif's signature contact info as I'm forwarding to a > public list. > > [1] > http://technicallyphilly.com/2010/01/06/shop-talk-xipwire-mobile-payment-platform-lets-you-text-cash > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sharif J. Alexandre > Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:13 PM > Subject: Fundraising / Donations > To: fundraising gnome org > > > > Hi, > > I'm with XIPWIRE, a Mobile Payment startup based in Philadelphia, and > wanted to reach out regarding fundraising and our offering to the Open > Source community. As I'm sure you're aware the recent crisis in Haiti > has put a spotlight on text pledges and the opportunity it represents > for organizations to quickly and easily solicit donations for their > respective causes. Since I'm an avid supporter of Open Source > generally and your work in particular, and as my personal way of > saying Thank You to the thousands of developers and supporters who > have indirectly made XIPWIRE possible, I'm offering the Text Pledging > functionality of XIPWIRE completely free of charge. I've created an > "oss" campaign where people can simply text "oss" to 56624 (XIPWIRE's > commercial shortcode number) to pledge a default amount of $10 to one > of the following organizations: > * apache - Apache Software Foundation > * eff - Electronic Frontier Foundation > * fsf - Free Software Foundation > * gnome - GNOME Foundation > * kde - KDE e.V. > * linux - Linux Foundation > > More details about the campaign can be found at: > https://xipwire.com/pledges/oss > > As I mentioned, we are waiving all of our fees so each organization > will receive 100% of the funds directed to it. > > Since GNOME Foundation is one of the foundations listed, I wanted to > reach out in advance of our announcement of this campaign to solicit > any feedback or comments you might have. > > It is my sincere hope that the money generated through this program > will continue to fund the excellent work you have done over the years. > > Regards, > Sharif > > >
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