Dear FreeBSD Community,
Your donations have helped make FreeBSD the best open source operating syst=
em available! By investing in The FreeBSD Foundation you have helped us kee=
p FreeBSD a high-performance, secure, and stable operating system.
Thanks to people like you, the FreeBSD Foundation has been proudly supporti=
ng the FreeBSD Project and community for over 13 years now. We are incredib=
ly grateful for all the support we receive from you and so many individuals=
and organizations that value FreeBSD. As of this writing we have raised $4=
27,000 towards our goal of raising $1,000,000. Would you consider making a =
gift to support our work in 2014?
Donations can easily be made here: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/.
This year your donations helped FreeBSD by:
=95 Funding development projects to improve FreeBSD, including: Native=
iSCSI kernel stack, Updated Intel graphics chipset support, Integration of=
Newcons, UTF-8 console support, Superpages for ARM architecture, and Layer=
2 networking modernization and performance improvements.
=95 Hiring two more staff members to help with FreeBSD development pro=
jects, security, and release engineering.
=95 Educating the public and promoting FreeBSD. We are preparing the d=
ebut our new online magazine, the FreeBSD Journal. We created high-quality =
brochures to teach people about FreeBSD. We also visited companies to help =
facilitate collaboration efforts with the Project.
=95 Sponsoring BSD conferences and summits in Europe, Japan, Canada, a=
nd the US.
=95 Protecting FreeBSD IP and providing legal support to the Project.
=95 Purchasing hardware to build and improve FreeBSD project infrastru=
cture.
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But are you aware of the tangible benefits derived from our support of the =
FreeBSD community? Providing travel grants to FreeBSD volunteers is a great=
way to invest in the future of FreeBSD. One person we sponsored was Google=
Summer of Code student Mike Ma, who had the chance to present his work at =
EuroBSDCon. During his presentation he received valuable input that will he=
lp improve and verify his GSoC work. By attending the conference, he had th=
e opportunity to meet passionate FreeBSD developers who inspired him to lea=
rn as much as he could about their different projects. This encouraged him =
to continue working with his mentor and get involved in his mentor=92s work=
as well as some lldb work. =
Now that Mike's back at his university, he's been busy promoting and advoca=
ting for FreeBSD. In fact he's so passionate about the Project now that he =
convinced a friend who is working on programming languages to work on the c=
lang project, because it's relevant to his own work.
This one investment helped FreeBSD by providing an environment for a studen=
t to get more involved in the Project, and bring that enthusiasm back to hi=
s university to promote FreeBSD and encourage more students to get involved=
.. This is an investment in the next generation of FreeBSD developers.
Donate today to help us continue and increase our support of the FreeBSD Pr=
oject and community worldwide! Making a donation is quick and easy. To make=
a donation go to: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Deb Goodkin
Secretary/Treasurer
The FreeBSD Foundation
P.S. Please make your investment in FreeBSD now, by making a donation today=
! To make a donation, go here: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/.
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