<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Karthik</b> <<a href="mailto:narakasura@gmail.com">narakasura@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thinking out loud:<br><br>d) As I believe somebody has already stated, use affiliate programs to<br>generate revenue. Instead of pushing for advertising, perhaps<br>something along the following lines might prove more beneficial:
<br> - Expand the recommended hosts page to include a <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> review<br>of each host's offerings. For e.g., support for LOCK TABLES, TEMPORARY<br>TABLE, clean URL support, safe modes and so on.
<br> - This could also be used to perhaps push for PHP 5 support by<br>making this a prerequisite.<br> - Include only commercial hosts with suitable infrastructure in<br>place. No lilliput 1 man shows etc.<br> - All links to the host will contain an affiliate ID that will
<br>generate revenue for Drupal.<br> - Give these pages an appropriate level of prominence on <a href="http://drupal.org">drupal.org</a>.</blockquote><div><br>How does an affiliate link to a hosting provider not qualify as paid advertising?
<br><br>Kieran<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Some of the above ideas might be a little extreme. But I'm just
<br>putting it out there ...<br><br>On a related note, <a href="http://association.drupal.org">association.drupal.org</a> does not seem to have any<br>information (besides a brief donor list) on the financial status of<br>
the Drupal Association. If membership / advertising / whatever<br>programs are to succeed, I highly recommend keeping things transparent<br>and accessible to the community.<br><br>-K<br>_______________________________________________
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