Re: We did it!

Probably because you sent them on the 31st of March.

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On 31 March 2014 22:49, SiPlus <hwguy.siplus@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's fools' day, why do you take my foolish emails seriously lol
> On Apr 1, 2014 12:47 AM, "Agustín Amenabar" <baamenabar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I could not be able to build it. My time is better spent making money in
>> some other way and supporting the people who know.  What we payed is
>> nothing compared to what we will get in return.
>>
>> Though this conversation looks like classic trolling.  Will not read
>> anymore.
>>
>> Congrats to the team. I hope to find some time to contribute apart from
>> pitching in with a few bucks.
>>  El mar 31, 2014 5:36 PM, "SiPlus" <hwguy.siplus@gmail.com> escribió:
>>
>>> Looking forward to a specification update by Google and/or Mozilla!
>>> On Apr 1, 2014 12:31 AM, "matmarquis.com" <mat@matmarquis.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 31, at 4:19 PM, SiPlus wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Why couldn't these 171 people contribute code? If only one person knows
>>>> how to implement a web specification, the specification is either
>>>> incomplete or unreadable. I wonder if intentionally, since it's partially
>>>> written by an Internet EEExplorer developer.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to your pull request(s)!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 31, 2014 11:16 PM, "matmarquis.com" <mat@matmarquis.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 31, at 2:55 PM, SiPlus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> $10000 for an HTML element? Did Russian government launch this
>>>>> campaign? Wow, never thought *open-source* could be so corrupt...
>>>>>
>>>>> Just to clarify: all of the money raised is going to Yoav's full-time
>>>>> work on adding the `picture` element to Blink (and hopefully WebKit as
>>>>> well, soon). As an independent contractor, this will allow one of the
>>>>> people that knows the element best to lead the implementation alongside the
>>>>> Blink team. This is effectively the community hiring Yoav so that we can
>>>>> see this not only implemented well, but *quickly*.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a little curious about what you mean by "corrupt" where nobody is
>>>>> profiting from this but Yoav, who is being paid for services rendered. I
>>>>> have this sinking feeling that we're not looking at an especially
>>>>> productive conversation here anyway, though.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 31, 2014 10:39 PM, "Marcos Caceres" <mcaceres@mozilla.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>> As most of you know, Yoav and Wilto ran an Indigogo campaign to raise
>>>>>> money so Yoav can implement <picture> in Blink:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/picture-element-implementation-in-blink
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Today, they reached the goal of US$10,000! What's more amazing is how
>>>>>> quickly they got there - only took about a week! 171 amazing people
>>>>>> contributed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you haven't contributed to the campaign, it's not too late! There
>>>>>> are some great perks available, including an awesome "RICG" t-shirt design
>>>>>> by the amazing Geri Coady. Check it out here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/ricg-shirt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again to everyone who contributed! You've made the web just
>>>>>> that little bit more awesome :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>