There are many upgrades we'd like to make to the NetBSD project

infrastructure, but which we cannot make because, to be blunt, our

project is poor.  Not poor in innovation nor poor in developer

resources nor poor in features -- poor in cold, hard cash, the kind

we need in order to buy hardware that would let us better serve our

users.
While other BSD projects have received tens or even hundreds of

thousands of dollars in donations, either by direct appeal to

their users (e.g. FreeBSD, when they faced tax status problems

because too much of their income had come from a single corporate

donor) or by doing their best to ensure that they received some

revenue from the distribution of their products (e.g. OpenBSD and

CD sales) we have always, I guess, been a little embarassed to

directly and clearly ask our users for money -- whether just as

plain, simple donations or in return for copies of NetBSD, which

we do our best to make available free to all on the Net by FTP,

HTTP, and BitTorrent.
But we do need your money.  We really do.  We need it to do more

things and buy more stuff that will directly help us serve you,

the NetBSD users, our "customers".
Often we're asked if people can donate hardware instead of

money.  The unfortunate fact is that while individual NetBSD

developers may be able to put donated hardware to use, we have

standard hardware packages for the TNF servers and our

administrators' lives become very hard if we just add donated

components to them.  Also, we try to buy all new systems in

complete form from vendors we've successfully done business

with in the past.
However, if you'd like to donate to NetBSD, and see your donation

go towards hardware to do things like speed up automatic builds

of NetBSD (so you can always download the latest binaries from

the branch you want for the hardware you need them for) or ensure

fast and reliable AnonCVS service, what you *can* do is donate

money to us and request that we devote it to that purpose.  We

can't make hard guarantees (we have no need, for example, for 73

new disk drives) but we will do our best to put your money to

use in the way you intended it to be used.
So, if you'd like to "donate hardware" to us, please see the attached

list of what we pay for the parts of which kind of system.  If you

send us an appropriate amount by PayPal to paypal@netbsd.org, we will

quickly put it to work to improve NetBSD, and the availablity of

NetBSD, for you.
Clicking on the "PayPal donate" logo on the front page of our web

site will of course also direct your donation to The NetBSD Foundation.
You don't need a PayPal account to donate; you can donate directly using

your credit card, which PayPal will process on our behalf.
Of course, donations of any size are always greatly appreciated; and

donations to The NetBSD Foundation, a 501(c)3 charity, are tax deductible

under U.S. law.
PARTS LIST #1: Standard NetBSD Foundation Build System
ITEM				QTY	PRICE	TOTAL
Acme 8176T 1U Server		1	$685	$685

Chassis Rail Set		1	$ 45	$ 45

1U 64-bit PCI Riser Card	1	$ 19	$ 19

AMD Opteron 244			2	$252	$504

WD Raptor 74GB SATA disk drive	2	$196	$392

512MB PC3200 DDR ECC REG RAM	4	$ 78	$312

Labor, assemble & test		1	$ 25	$ 25

Shipping (approximate)		1	$ 40	$ 40
Total for system:	$2022
The more of these we can buy, the more we can speed up autobuilds for you.
PARTS LIST #2: Replacement Anonymous CVS Server
Acme 8177T 1U Server		1	$799	$ 799

Chassis Rail Set		1	$ 45	$  45

1U 64-bit PCI Riser Card	1	$ 19	$  19

AMD Opteron 242			2	$201	$ 402

WD Raptor 74GB SATA disk drive	4	$196	$ 784

1GB PC2700 DDR ECC REG RAM	8	$138	$1104

Labor, assemble & test		1	$ 50	$  50

Shipping (approximate)		1	$ 40	$  40
Total for system:	$3203
Thank you, in advance, for what I hope will be your very

generous support.  We will put your money to work -- and

quickly -- to help NetBSD better serve you.
Thor