SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation

Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation by RomanPushkin on Thursday August 07, 2025 @12:55PM (#44826951)

I once donated $300 to the language I like (Crystal), it was like 2-3% of my monthly salary before tax and expenses. Not bragging, and $11,5k is good money, but the donation is similar to my $5 contribution, maybe even smaller.

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Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation by ModernMech on Thursday August 07, 2025 @01:16PM (#44827289)

If they passed an envelope around the SUSE offices and everyone put in $5, they would have been able to donate more money than they did.

I'm not saying this and my other comment to dog on Suse, because I love them, but my point is to put into perspective how little the industry cares to fund what they admit are fundamental technologies. This is little league, girl scouts level funding. I bet girl scouts bring in more actually, open source projects could learn a thing or two and start having bake sales. I'm only half joking.

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Re:SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to the Perl and Raku Foundation by fn-mote on Thursday August 07, 2025 @05:11PM (#44830424)

> I bet girl scouts bring in more actually

Yes. WAY more. Cookie sales are big business.

Annual profit is about $20MM according to the annual report.

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