The target has been reached. Two noteworthy comments from the post, in the order I saw them.
"I'm the MD of Bytemark Hosting in the UK, and noticed that you'd asked for donations for a CyanogenMod build farm. We have a few machines that would meet your requirements (or can easily upgrade a couple) and increasing numbers of our staff think it is a very cool project. [...] Please email me - matthew(at)bytemark.co.uk - and let us know what your ideal systems would be."
-- http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-needs-your-help#...
"Thank you all! The goal has been reached after 8 hours!!! You guys rock! [...] For those of you who volunteered hardware/servers, should the donation drive prove to be insufficient, we ask that you post your email or other contact info in the comments."
-- http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-needs-your-help#...
I have a special kind of hate for (custom skinned BS company versions of) Android, and back when my Galaxy S crashed and burned, CM was here to bring it back from the dead. While I don't own an Android at the moment, I'll definitely donate.
> If you’d like to contribute, please use the PayPal donation link at the bottom of the page
Hope PayPal doesn't freeze their account. There've been several stories on HN about people doing a donation fund-raise and suddenly getting frozen accounts.
I've read in the newspaper that a number of people are murdered in New York City every year. But just because you read about high profile cases in the news doesn't mean you're likely to be murdered.
Definitely avoid charging for CM - that will put a total damper on community enthusiasm. The better approach would be to rationalize builds - we don't have to have nightly builds. IMHO even weekly builds would be plenty.
Weekly builds would be fine if the nightlies never broke. But nightlies often do break. So you end up using yesterdays or the day before. But going in back in time with weeklies pushes you back much quicker.
"I'm the MD of Bytemark Hosting in the UK, and noticed that you'd asked for donations for a CyanogenMod build farm. We have a few machines that would meet your requirements (or can easily upgrade a couple) and increasing numbers of our staff think it is a very cool project. [...] Please email me - matthew(at)bytemark.co.uk - and let us know what your ideal systems would be." -- http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-needs-your-help#...
"Thank you all! The goal has been reached after 8 hours!!! You guys rock! [...] For those of you who volunteered hardware/servers, should the donation drive prove to be insufficient, we ask that you post your email or other contact info in the comments." -- http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-needs-your-help#...