I too have made a contribution (over and above what I do already) and would like to just remind people where the money goes and why I personally think it is worthwhile.
The costs of the forums alone are something Sharp and I have no need for donations for and we'd cover happily. However that is not the whole picture. For example, one of the most significant expenses is the download section (currently offline ... but returning very soon). This has always had a lot of traffic and it is traffic that costs the big bucks
The download section is full of freely contributed goodies from many users around the world. What you donate, in part, ensures that those downloads remain free to the korg community at large. It ensures that the downloads are shared in the spirit in which they were given.
From my own personal perspective, I also use some of the space here to share my freeware applications for Korg synth users and to a lesser degree DSI Evolver users.
Is it all for my personal enjoyment as has been suggested ? Certainly not.
However I do enjoy knowing that in the grand scheme of things, that is the Internet, where so many people contribute their time, money, skills and passions that I am putting something in as well as just taking something out. Anyone here (or anywhere else on the net) who contributes a helpful post, a useful resource, a few dollars or simply their enthusiasm and friendship is making the internet work and should feel some pride and gain some enjoyment for doing so.
If it was all people expecting stuff for free but without being willing to contribute then the Internet that we enjoy simply wouldn't exist.
It always makes me smile when people here thank Sharp and I for the forum ... when in reality it's you yourselves that make this forum (and others like it) what they are; a community rather than just a screen full of complementarily coloured pixels.
Daz.
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