Marc Delisle schrieb:

Sebastian Mendel a écrit :

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Marc Delisle schrieb:

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Sebastian Mendel a écrit :

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Marc Delisle schrieb:

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Sebastian Mendel a écrit :

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Marc Delisle schrieb: > Hi, > > Because they did not get investment funds yet, here is what they > propose: > > They would give us 1$ for the first 1000 buyers of the hardware > key that used the promotional code "PMA" to buy it. Also, they > would make a donation as soon as they get funds from an investor. > > The problem I have with this proposition, is that, I assume we > would have to do the publicity of this promotional code on our > web site, which is not permitted because we are hosted on sf.net > > Comments?

why only the first 1.000?

at least a lower amount could be granted for every one after the first 1.000

Here is, I think, the problem. I forgot to tell you that they plan to sell the device for, say, 10$, but charge an annual activation fee of 1$ per key.

What they offered is the opportunity for the first 1000 buyers with the promo code PMA to avoid the annual fees (obtain lifetime activation), so I doubt they would give lifetime activation for more than 1000 buyers. Remember that the promo code has to give somethink to the buyer, not just to the PMA team.

Why? isn't supporting the PMA team not enough for the buyer? ;-)

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Any counter-proposal? :) For me I think that it's ok like that.

once added the link, they will profit from this link forever, you are not gonna purge any evidence of this link after first 1000 buyers, or?

I don't know...

Here is a counter-proposal I could tell them: leave the promo code PMA forever, but for 1001th buyer and more, give some discount to the buyer and give us 0.50$, OK?

i am not sure about the amount, it could also be less than 0,50$, or without discount to the buyer, this is up to you

I'll ask him about this.

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it is just, once included the link in the release note it would get spreaded 10.000 time a day, added to the news it would be read ... ähm ... how are the stats of phpmyadmin.net?

These would be available on sf.net on our project's stats page?

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in fact: we gain NOTHING when adding their code to our sources, but they gain lot of attention! or?

Well, I think that it's some gain for phpMyAdmin to support a new feature, even if this new feature takes the form of a hardware auth key.

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just to clarify: i am not against adding such code and placing links to commercial sites - if phpMyAdmin (team) gets adequate compensation

btw. would be nice if we track the clickrate by ourself, just for knowing how much people following such links, so place phpmyadmin.net/swekey instead of store.swekey.com into news and release notes ... if not already planned ... and to have the option (why ever) to disable this link

Good idea to use phpmyadmin.net/swekey. Any volunteer to program the tracking? :)

/** * CREATE TABLE `test`.`swekey_logging` ( * `id` SERIAL, * `time` DATETIME NOT NULL , * `referer` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL * ) ENGINE = MYISAM */ $sql = " INSERT INTO `swekey_logging` SET `referer` = '" . $mysqli->escape($_SERVER['referer']) . "', `time` = NOW()"; $mysqli = mysqli_connect('...'); $mysqli->query($sql); // or $line = time() . ';' . $_SERVER['referer'] . "\n"; file_put_contents('swekey_log.txt', $line, FILE_APPEND); header('Location: http://store.swekey.com/index.php?promo=pma'); // or page with extra info and link -- Sebastian Mendel