After dome discussion, we have decided to extend Roktober since we are so far away from our goal and we think that maybe part of the problem is not enough promotion, so if we extend a few weeks maybe we can get this going.
Not everyone follows the developer blogs, so if anybody missed the blog entry put up by our treasurer regarding Roktober, here are some highlights (or read the
full entry):
- we have seen a huge fall-off in donations from outside the EU and we're wondering why this is;
- we are planning on giving two prizes this year so we are giving entries in the drawing based local currency;
- towards the end of last year we spent over €2000 to send 12 people to aKademy;
- the project spent about €1500 on technical and administrative items like server hosting, domain administration, develop resources (books) and hardware;
- in addition to aKademy, we spent over €3500 attending free software conferences around the world
- each developer/contributor team member was given two t-shirts. A small thank you for the large amounts of time put into the project by volunteers who are doing this for fun, not profit.
So we in total spent over €7500, and we have bigger plans for next year in terms of moving the project forward, maintaining a presence during free software events and having additional developer meetings, which are extremely efficient in moving the software development forward. Additionally, prices are rising, so overall things will cost more.
So if you haven't yet, please consider contributing.
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guys and girls, it's not bad
guys and girls, it's not bad timing, it is paypal. i'd love to donate some cash, but i am not willing to use paypal. plain bank transfer (i'm living in germany), that would do it.
regards
tk
timing
guys, it's all about timing and yours is suboptimal!
when do you drag most attention to your website and roktober?? right, just after a successful release of a working, *easy to install* 2.0 version! that is the moment when a great amount of people feel enthusiastic about your product and are keen to say thank you/contribute to future development.
bottomline: extend the deadline until there is a final release..
Yes, timing!
I totally agree with Chris.
The reason why i haven't donated yet:
I'm using both, Linux and Windows, and i'm waiting for a Windows release of Amarok for a long, long time. This is Beta 3 and i still don't see any native, easy-install method for windows. Sorry guys, but your development speed is as fast as the Internet Explorer Development Team :-( So, why should i spend for another year of beta versions?
You don't pay for amarok, you
You don't pay for amarok, you donate, thats a big difference.
Sure. The comparison with IE
Sure. The comparison with IE is a bit too extreme.
However, both of them are right.
One year of unstable versions is enough!