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.. title: Seeking sponsorship
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.. slug: seeking-sponsorship
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.. date: 2015-01-19 17:12:53
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.. tags: Misc,Support
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.. description:
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The mosquitto project has, or can get, access to a wide variety of different
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systems to help with development. One important platform for which this is not
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true is Mac OS X. There are sufficient differences between Macs and other
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systems that this makes life difficult.
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To this end, I would like to reach out to the mosquitto community to ask for
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help with obtaining either
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* A remote login on a Mac system
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* Donation of hardware
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* Donation of money to buy some hardware
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I have been offered a remote account by a few individuals in the past, for
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which I'm very grateful, but only on a short term basis and, understandably,
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with limited control. Something on a longer term, with the ability to install
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packages would be much more useful. Unfortunately I realise this is relatively
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difficult to offer.
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On the hardware side of things, there isn't a need for a modern, powerful
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computer. A second hand Mac Mini of Core2Duo vintage with 1GB RAM and a
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reasonably modern version of Mac OS X would be quite sufficient, and ideal for
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me in terms of the space it takes up. Regrettably I feel I would have to turn
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down offers of an old iMac or Mac Pro.
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2007-era Mac Minis go on Ebay UK for around £100. I'm hopeful that there is a
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company out there using mosquitto, likes Macs and for whom £100 would be a drop
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in the ocean. If so, or any individuals want to help out with a small donation
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towards this, please get in touch directly to roger@atchoo.org or head over to
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the downloads page to see the paypal donation link, and thanks very much in
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advance.
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<hr>
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Update:
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I have now awaiting delivery of a Mac mini. Thanks very much to all of you that
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have contributed, it is very much appreciated. If you would still like to
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support mosquitto development please don't let this put you
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off...
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