[gentoo-dev] memory pricing, advertising, etc.

[<drobbins@gentoo.org>]

Hiya,

I hope that everyone is aware of the recent dramatic drop in RAM prices -- for
example, I just (a few minutes ago) purchased a 256Mb ECC CAS2 PC133 SDRAM chip
from http://www.crucial.com (Micron) for $100.79 US (with free 2-day shipping)!
No, I didn't make that up.

I'm a big fan of Micron memory (it's the "official" memory of cvs.gentoo.org,
and as soon as I get my 256Mb stick, my development box as well), so I've 
signed us up for their referral program.  If you are planning to take advantage
of the current dramatic drop in RAM prices (not reflected yet at every RAM shop,
but definitely reflected at crucial.com), then please use our "experimental"
crucial.com tiny ad link to head over to crucial.com and purchase your RAM.
By doing so, you'll help support Gentoo Linux development, since Achim and
I don't generate any income from our work on Gentoo Linux.

:) --->

http://www.gentoo.org/ad.html

I gave the ad its own private page because our current site doesn't yet lend
itself to advertising.  While we're working on the site redesign, I wanted you
guys to know about the current very low RAM prices and have the opportunity to
help support Gentoo Linux by purchasing some RAM using the above link.

If anyone knows of any other *quality* (important!) products that you think
are worth promoting on our site, then please let me know.  One product in 
particular that I wouldn't mind advertising is Ecrix's VXA-1 tape drive (we
have one sitting in cvs.gentoo.org, and it's really nice).  Let me know if
you have any ideas -- I'd like to have several possibilities ready for our
new site.

Best Regards,


-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.