That is alot of developers using FreeBSD, but my ideal scenario is where these groups don't rely on corporations or just a few wealthy people for donations. Al

That is alot of developers using FreeBSD, but my ideal scenario is where these groups don't rely on corporations or just a few wealthy people for donations. Also I wouldn't necessarily advocate letting corporations off the hook. If every corporation / small business / organization who uses FreeBSD in their infrastructure also contributed $1/month I think this would easily put them over the top. I think developers should be just as active with advocating to the companies they work for to also do micro-payments to open source projects / foundations they depend on for their infrastructure.