Great to hear don't forget to donate if you like it
to CRC i mean
I honestly wish people did donate. While I'm not doing this to gain anything personally, there are many tools that would make my job much, much easier that I would be able to purchase.
On my "to buy" list is currently:
- A second HTC Hermes for testing. This allows me to actually use my device as a phone and keep it working so work can contact me. (~$400AU)
- License for WinCE Cab Manager (~$99US)
- Bluetooth headset or stereo to test A2DP & BT Handsfree profiles ($??)
- probably more.
Now the really interesting part is when you start playing with numbers. At the moment, I have received $51.93AU in donations which sits in it's own paypal account waiting for enough funds for a purchase.
Lets compare this with downloads. To make the figures easier to work with, we'll call each ROM 37Mb. We'll also only count 1 of the 3 mirrors available for download:
* Jan 2008 - 544 downloads, 20.1Gb
* Feb 2008 - 15969 downloads, 558.9Gb
* Mar 2008 - 4552 downloads, 159.3Gb
* Apr 2008 - 7333 downloads, 256.6Gb
* May 2008 - 5336 downloads, 186.8Gb
Now remember, as this is only 1 of 3 mirror sites, at a safe bet, I'd say double these figures. So as a summary, even at 1 cent per download, I would have easily purchased all of the tools I need. So far, I've received $51.93 - not even enough to pay for the bandwidth used
Now while I'm not saying everyone must donate - as I know it is not possible for some people, it would certainly make my life easier having the correct tools. I'm not holding my breath though
