Sent directly to OP by mistake again.
Rodolfo
>Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 23:56:25 -0600
>To: "Nick F. Silkey" <filler@mail.utexas.edu>
>From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@simpaticus.com>
>Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Accolade and Praise
>
>At 8/5/2003 19:36 -0500, you wrote:
>>I just wanted to voice my gratitude to Tom and everyone involved with
>>development of the Shorewall software suite.
>
>Everyone? Is there someone else? I''ve only seen Tom, which makes
Shorewall
>that much more amazing.
>
>>While it has undoubtedly been
>>voiced in the past by other pleased users, your contributions to
>>constructing
>>a lightweight, intuitive solution which maximizes the powers of iptables
>>have
>>helped make IT management easily something simpler to deal with.
>
>Amen.
>
>Tom, may I suggest that you post on the website at least a PayPal ID and
>an "optional donation" for happy users? Even if only a few people
take
>that opportunity, and even if you set some really small number like
>$10.00, you could still probably get the pleasant surprise of receiving a
>couple hundred dollars a month along with the clear message of recognition
>and praise that comes from knowing people are paying for your product
>_even_ when they don''t have to.
>
>That surely marks a happy user like nothing else, and the warm and fuzzy
>feeling that comes with it is probably the most valuable part... although
>the cash doesn''t hurt either. Personally, I promise to be first in
line at
>PayPal even though my optional donation may be somewhat humble... you
>really have saved me dozens or maybe hundreds of hours of my time, and
>that has a very definite, concrete, and tangible value to me!
>
>Thanks again.
>
>--
>Rodolfo J. Paiz
>rpaiz@simpaticus.com
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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@simpaticus.com