Then save your money.

That may sound harsh, but consider the facts: What good is a "vote" going to do you if your vote is for something that can't be purchased for $250? You could say, for example, that you want your $250 to go towards SMP development but, until I have enough pennies saved to buy a block of Steve Passe's consulting hours, such a vote doesn't tell me anything more than I already know and that $250 is going to sit in the bank for a long time (perhaps forever) before I have enough there to seriously approach Steve with an offer.

If you're looking to directly influence the usage of the monies donated then that are far more practical ways of going about it, like simply spending $250 on some card or other peripheral you want supported and then sending it to us. It's still no guarantee that we'll find the people to do the work involved, but you've certainly constrained the usage of your $250 significantly by turning it into hardware first and I've no objection at all to people voting thusly with their wallets.

If you're also looking to influence my choices of what FreeBSD, Inc. does with its money then I'm also always happy to take suggestions from _anyone_, regardless of whether they've contributed or not, since a good suggestion is a good suggestion regardless of its source. If you're looking to attach strings to the ways in which I can spend fractions of dollars, however, then that's an accounting headache which I simply don't need and I'd rather you used the money to purchase a nice birthday gift for your wife, or something.

Jordan

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