Linus Benedict Torvalds (torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI) wrote:

: Finally, I won't give any guarantees of what the money will be used for:
: if you add some kind of message giving preferences ("use it to pay off
: your computer"), I'll naturally follow them within reasonable limits,
: but I might just use them to pay off my "beer&pizza"-debts (*), which
: might be against your religion or whatever. 

If anyone wants to send me $$$ for developing the mailpak stuff, I'll
use it to buy chocolate (first priority!) and a 486/50 motherboard, a
bigger hard drive, and more memory. :)  Any extra goes to buy pizza--
hamburger & mushroom with extra cheese! :)

Oops, I forgot that SVGA card and monitor I've been lusting after, so I,
too, can run X!  It's really depressing to know that one has better
development tools at home than at work. :(

: longer.  Also, there are others that have contributed to linux, and I
: won't give them anything (not because I'm a selfish bastard, but simply
: due to practical reasons).

...like 486 machines aren't cheap! :(  Besides, if you want to send *me*
anything, hardware is gratefully accepted :)  Beer, maybe.  But, whatever
you do, *please* DON'T SEND PIZZA!  :) :) :)

: If any of the above reasons made you decide I don't really need the
: money, I just ask you not to mail me about it.  I /don't/ want to know
: about any money I might have gotten, but didn't.

: (*) Yes, beer is reasonably costly over here in Finland, but no, my
: debts aren't really that big.  Quite small, in fact, considering..

Just send Linus beer! :)  What brand do you drink, Linus? :)
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