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Hi Julian

its great how an organization like DevExpress can help to change the reality of some people. I hope someday you can the same with other countries in latin america.

Remember that your great technology have cross all borders and languages. and should not forget the customers in other countries.

2 thumbs up ;)

So there will not be any Rock the code campaign ? :)

There is some good saying , a company need not have to spend much money on product promotion, especially if their product already had much ground in the market.

Nice idea for good cause,  I appreciate it.

Nice idea for good cause,  I appreciate it.

What a great idea! It is reassuring to find that a company can still act with a social conscience. Well done!

I must Say Respected Staff of DX you people are really the best in coding that is what every coder's know but after reading this i wud say how GOD HAS GIVEN U BIG MiND TO THINK HE HAS GIVEN U A VERY BIG HEART ALSO.

and trust me that is only the winner who thinks about other problems as his problem COZ THIS ONLY MAKES A FAMILY.

I APPRECIATE THIS

SALUTE FOR DX

That's a very nice initiative, congratulations!

what a wonderful thing to do, now if you can convince your fellow show people to join you

Class act -- thanks to you and the rest of the folks at Developer Express for doing this. I've been to New Orleans and it's a very errie feeling seeing blocks and blocks of nothing but foundations where homes used to stand and on numerous houses you can still see the markings on the outside from search and rescue annotations.

I hope Mehul isn't helping with the construction process, because frankly, those people have been through enough.

Way cool! DevExpress Rocks!

Good decision. See you at TechEd.

@Brendon,

Ray pledged to donate $1 for every time I hit my thumb with a hammer so that should cover a couple of rooms at least.

Way to show your humanity. Though to be honest your company always seemed that way.

I LOVE this idea.  See you at Tech-Ed.

Respect.

Great. You're showing the way for other companies to follow !

This is a very good idea. It is more important that people have a home.

Kind act.

really impressed

Thumbs up!

A very kind and conscionable act and one that I hope will inspire and encourage other companies to do likewise.

Excellent work, kudos gentlemen.

If you did smoething like this, and allowed me to donate a couple bux bux thru paypal or somethign through my customer access screen I would help in the donation.

Hard to help out people in a different country unless you can trust the company you give the money to will spend it wisley.

Miro

Canada

REALLY GOOD?

the right way would to be a social way,

make profit, pay tax, catastrophes are best examples for government duty, not companies.

but worst of all is if companies even advertise what they spend. i doubt this is the right attitude.

Way to go!

You DX guys not only know how to code, you have a big heart too!

Cheers from Canada

actually;

by not spending the money elsewhere, other people suffer and of course can pay less tax or donate less. if the advertising in the previous year had some justification, doing less means you risk to loose of your market success. this means in the following years you need to invest again, so you will have less profit, leads to less tax. if advertising had no impact, the prize on the product was just to high, so the money was spent in order to pay less tax and so on. your - good people behaviour scenario - is done with the money the company gets from the customers. if you think this all to the end, companies should pay tax or lower the prices, not donate.

but if you think paying more tax or lower the prices would not help the people in New Orleans, then all you say is that you dont think that either government or customers are good enough. if I read the comments above mine, I doubt that.

Yours is a noble and virtuous act.  A salute to DevEx!

But also keep in mind that New Orleans needs to fire up the economic engines to fuel the recovery.  For that city, that largely means winning back conventions and trade shows.  A healthy and growing trade show industry in New Orleans brings money to restaurants, hotels, convention trade workers, and all that means JOBS, JOBS, JOBS.  Simply by exhibiting at a show in New Orleans, you are helping that city to recover.

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Nice idea for good cause,  I appreciate it. (y)

This is certainly a very kind gesture, but I do echo some of the same feelings of other posters.   Starving the economy of NOLA doesn't help someone to actually pay for the house if they don't have a job to begin with.  You're an influential company, motivate your consumers to donate. Give them a reason to visit the beautiful city of NOLA and have a good time there so that they pour money back into the local places that are hurting.  

Just flew back today and miss it already.