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I’ve discovered there are many hard-working developers in the Linux world, who donate untold hours to developing and refining and polishing their scripts and software that works in our Linux operating systems. It’s something to marvel at such devotion.

Today, while looking for new directories of places to list my sites at, I stumbled across a man who has benefited from all that hard work, and decided to do something to pay those people back - at least a token or honorarium. How he has set this up though, may well end up paying those individuals and groups a more handsome sum than they ever dreamed of.

His name is Bob Mutch, located in Alymer, Ontario, Canada. His press release describes his plan and invites others to take part. Looking at his FAQ too, I discovered that he has deliberately set this up so that no one can accuse him of a scam, meant to just bring him more cash.

In essence, anyone working on such software for a linux environment can apply to be put on a funding list. Other businesses and people with financial resources (apparently Bob has a lot of business connections) can sign up to put a Mass Pay software in with their PayPal, and thus give gifts of $50 or more to all those on the funding list.

I must salute Bob Mutch. I myself have not earned a lot of money yet, and am still a po’ church mouse, but I have benefited this last year or two while dipping into the Linux world and installing first Mandrake 9.1 a few times, and then Suse 9.3, and now this fall, Suse 10.1. I think I’m past the honeymoon stage, and fully committed to continuing my internet life in a Linux OS. I admire your plan, Bob, and your good-hearted motives. May God bless your efforts and encourage a lot of worker-ants.

Meantime, folks, I can add that on Bob’s site I discovered what I had set out to find, some good lists of directories and search engines that it is wise to submit to. He offers a paid service for this, (good for him), and there is even a list of free directories that folks like me can start with while in a do-it-myself mode of site promotion. Check out this list; free-web-directories and read also his thoughts on the importance of inbound links from Yahoo, government and educational sites/directories.

It makes sense, Bob!