[Bradford] Just wondering....

[John R Hudson]

I don't have any recent statistics on comparative success today - as I said, 
the study was done some years ago - but the point being made when we were the 
most successful was that a key feature was the privacy and anonymity of the 
donations.

That point seems to be supported by the significant drop in AID since people 
lost anonymity.

I'm not saying that people should not say whether or not they contribute to 
Linux - I never concealed the fact that I was a blood donor - but I think it 
should be their choice and no pressure, explicit or implicit, should be put on 
people to declare the contributions they may be making to the Linux ecosystem.

John
-- 
On Wednesday 6 October 2010 22:17:03 Martyn Ranyard wrote:
> I'd have to take issue with that statement...
> 
> To me the blood donation service in this country is the least successful
> I've ever encountered because it actively discriminates against the wrong
> groups, based on ancient flawed statistics.
> 
> Success is relative and in the eye of the reporter.
> 
> --
> Martyn
> 
> On 6 October 2010 11:38, John R Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> > Years ago Richard Titmuss did a study of blood donation and he came to
> > the conclusion that the most successful blood donation service in the
> > world is ours - in part because it is anonymous. No body knows who gave
> > the blood that
> > saved them; it is a private gift to an anonymous recipient.