Fundraising campaign 2012

[majm84]

Hi,
I just noticed your fundraising 2012 campaign and was wondering have you ever participated in crowd funding site http://www.kickstarter.com ? I think it would be a great way to fund your project and get the attention it deserves.

[Haos]

Our project does not suit kickstarter too well, as the products displayed there have way much shorter production cycle, with clearly defined returns. It would not be possible with ReactOS.

[DGMurdockIII]

i would give kickstarter a chance

[DOSGuy]

Then clearly define a return. As with GSoC, say that we need x amount of money to hire a programmer to work on x.

[BrentNewland]

Definitely not a fit for ReactOS.

It requires rewards of some sort - what rewards, exactly, can ReactOS offer? It's not like they can give away free copies, which means the rewards would likely themselves cost money.

It would also require a lot of administration, which would cost more money (most of these projects have parties or special dinners and whatnot).

[Webunny]

Definitely not a fit for ReactOS.

It requires rewards of some sort - what rewards, exactly, can ReactOS offer? It's not like they can give away free copies, which means the rewards would likely themselves cost money.

It would also require a lot of administration, which would cost more money (most of these projects have parties or special dinners and whatnot).

I concur. After reading up on it on the site, Ros doesn't seem very suited for it. There is indeed an implication of a possible reward (aka, it's focused on potentially economic beneficial returns). Which would that be, with Ros? It's excellent for things like (proprietary) progs or apps that might be economical viable or at least have the potential for a certain return, but for a core 'free as in speech and beer' open source project like Ros, there is no such thing.

At most, one could create a company or organisation which would aim to promote Ros (once it's finished) into the corporate world, and ask money for the support of it (just like with the big commercial linux-distro's); this seems like the only viable commercial application for Ros with a possible financial gain. But we're a long way off, and if that's enough for that kickstarter is far from sure.

[DGMurdockIII]

why not use indiegogo http://www.indiegogo.com/

[DGMurdockIII]

bump

[SomeGuy]

Why not: http://www.reactos.org/en/foundation_donate.html ?

[Acamapichtli]

What is needed is increased promotion of the project.
I'm already doing promotion in my own country and i'm using social networks, magazines and soon some posters