Drink Coffee, Support Mozilla 271
MikeCapone writes "Heavy coffee-drinking Mozilla fans take notice, MozillaZine has a story on how some coffee company has dedicated a selection of gourmet coffees to helping the Mozilla foundation. Only half the profits go to Mozilla, but the coffee seems good..."
Fair trade coffee? (Score:5, Interesting)
I see that it's possible to buy organic coffee, but I can't find a word about the origin of this coffee, and the farmers that produced it.
If this is no fair trade coffee, that I don't want to buy this: fair trade, and a right price for the farmers is still much more important to me than the Mozilla project...
After all, the concept of fair trade is something that should go well with the Mozilla ideals, isn't it??
Re:1/2 is HUGE (Score:3, Interesting)
too bad i don't drink coffee though.. now some tea would be excellent but i guess i could getter better tea through my chinese flatmate.
How much is half the profit (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Good deal... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:1/2 is HUGE (Score:5, Interesting)
Who cares? Buy a bag and give it to someone who does. I'm not a coffee drinker at all, but I'm buying a bag right now just to show support for this endeavor. This is an EXTREMELY generous offer on the part of RJ Tarpley, and I plan on thanking them by thanking the Mozilla Foundation at the same time.
This is the right way! (Score:5, Interesting)
A retailer brands a product with Mozilla (or Linux, etc.), gives a large portion of the profit to the community, and advertises that they do it.
The problem with previous implementations is that people don't buy too many T-shirts or mugs or things.
Those that buy coffee buy lots of it. How about a bottled water for OpenOffice.org, or a line of soda for AbiWord?
Re:Fair trade coffee? (Score:5, Interesting)
Instead, I'll continue to get my coffee from Merchants of Green Coffee [merchantso...coffee.com], where you have a wide choice of green, fair-trade, organic coffees that you can roast to suit your own tastes.
Oh yeah, and I plan to donate directly to the Mozilla Foundation so 100% of my money goes there.
Don't get me wrong--the owner is trying to do the right thing, and it's a step in the right direction for the Ayn Rand-ish culture of "every ethical choice is a selfish choice"--in this case, consumers get to contribute in a small way to the Mozilla Foundation by exercising well-honed consumption skills and getting coffee as a result. It's just not a formula that suits my personal tastes.
Re:What is "fair"? (Score:3, Interesting)
"Fair" trade would only not be fair market if it were somehow subsidized to be as cheap as non-fair trade. If you look at its price it is obviously more expensive, and hence a direct relationship with its share of the market (although even more publicity is fine by me).
Re:Good deal... (Score:3, Interesting)
Does taste good though.
Kill me now. (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Raiseing money for OSS is good, but please (Score:4, Interesting)
Caffiene withdrawals, on the other hand, can cause headaches...
Re:Great Marketing. (Score:1, Interesting)
Netcraft says... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:What is "fair"? (Score:2, Interesting)
So you've basically absolved yourself of any responsibility towards the people whose work brings a hot cup of coffee on your table every day? What a humanitarian.
But of course, if we don't bother ourselves with ethics, one can take that stance. Nothing however puts you in the position to criticize people who think the current situation is wrong and these people deserve a fair pay for their products.
I am one of the latter, simply because the economy is based on invidivual, voluntary trades, so why should those who choose not to participate benefit from others' trades?
Huh? And how does the Fair Trade concept violate these principles?
Re:What is "fair"? (Score:2, Interesting)
My girlfriend works for a non profit and its amazing how the funds get sucked up into 'administrative costs' instead of actually going to the 'cause'.
After all, if the non-profits fixed the problem they were trying to solve, they would by definition be out of business.
And dont let them fool you, it's very much a business.
Re:Fair trade coffee? (Score:3, Interesting)
These are the same people that bitch about what bad drivers people are while they themselves are driving a truck or SUV that's 2 sizes too big for them while juggling a coffee in one hand and a cell phone in the other.
Re:Have you ever considered... (Score:2, Interesting)
There doesn't appear to be any definitive proof either way.
Articles that cite more in depth references:
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/tche
http://www.coffeeperks.com/health.html
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http://www.cosic.org/health/pre
You may have a high IQ, but you're still full of crap.