computers should be less friendly

The SDN leadership have done a great thing, they have linked their “points” incentive program to a good world cause, School Feeding.  From Chief Evangelist Mark Finnern’s blog Food for Points:

The whole community collected around 2.5 million points last year.

If we reach the same amount of points next year, we will have 100K Euro. (If we don’t, we will walk in shame.)

If we reach 3.0 million points, SAP will donate 150K Euro.

Now if we even reach 3.5 million points, the amount will rise to the maximum of 200K Euro.

From the World Food Programme’s web site:

It costs just 10 US cents a day to give a child a cup of porridge at school. An additional nine US cents a day provides a child with a nutritional package, including basic health and sanitation support.

1 Pt * ( # of Euros / # of Points ) *  ( 1 USD / .67 EUR ) * ( child / .1 USD ) = Conversion

Roughly translated back to points that means for every point you earn on SDN you will feed between .6 and .85 children for one day.  With the average blog post getting around 50 points, one blog can feed 30-40 children that day.

“One person can make a difference and every person should try.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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