It is definitely possible, eg. see the Gentoo adopt-a-developer program. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/adopt-a-dev/ http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userr

It is definitely possible, eg. see the Gentoo adopt-a-developer program. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/adopt-a-dev/ http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/adopt-a-dev/ But it might be more efficient to just ask for monetary donations from your users and then use it to buy something off eBay. There are a lot more people with $5 to spare than a spare Mac. You might also want to motivate people with something like Chip In http://www.chipin.com/ http://www.chipin.com/ depending on your feelings on the evilness of Flash :-)