To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com
Subject: Re: sponsorship of www.apache.org 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 01 Dec 1995 15:11:04 PST."
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Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 00:05:32 -0800
From: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU>
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> I've been contacted by a Rather Large computer software/hardware vendor
> interested in giving the Apache project a rather nice hardware package (well
> into the 5 figures), in exchange for being able to put a logo on the Apache
> home page saying "Powered by ...".  Before I divulge the name of the company,
> I would like to ask people's opinions on the subject.  The only condition
> presented to me is the placement of their logo, probably exclusively (meaning
> no other companies), on the home page - nothing about stopping support for
> other platforms or anything silly like that.  All of hyperreal would upgrade
> to this new machine, so everyone who has accounts currently would keep
> theirs, and I could add quite a few more too. 

Fine by me -- it sounds like you and Cliff have considered the termination
clauses as well, which is wise.

.....Roy  [hmmm...I wonder if I could get an UltraSPARC if I mentioned
           it in the HTTP spec... ;-)]