Here you can show your support for the programming and educational work from Thomas Tempelmann by sending him some money.
Thomas Tempelmann is self-employed. Actually, let's better call it out of work. He likes to program for his own needs and to help beginning programmers to get ahead to write reliable software. Seeing needs for good programming resources everywhere, he can't stop but try to help out all the time with his expertise for free, missing out on actually earning money in a decent employment situation.
This web page was designed to allow him to get a little income from this work. Consider it a shareware payment page.
Here are the "products" Thomas is asking to get a little donation for:
Zip Package for REALbasic
The Zip Package has been developed in about 5 weeks, which means many dozen hours of work. If you find this code useful, you are encouraged to pay a little for Thomas' work.
Note that you can use the Zip Package for free (apart from the compression plugin from Einhugur that you may need to purchase separately), and that it includes the source code so that you can make changes to it if necessary. Thomas did write this package not just for himself - he suspected that others might need it, and so he put a lot of efforts into designing it for many purposes he himself would not have needed. If you make use of this work, please thank him for this by making a donation.
Thomas suggests a donation of at least US $10-$20 if you use it in a small scale. If you use it in a product that you sell, a higher donation would be appropriate, a minimum of $50, and a maximum of $500 would be adequate.
Other works
There are some free applications, such as Find Any File and iBored. Thomas does not require you do pay for these applications, but if you feel you like to send him some money for either of them, he'll appreciate it.
That's it so far. More may come. If you feel you owe Thomas a donation for something, why don't you let him know and he might just add it to the above list, then invite you to visit this page again.
You have the following choices to make a payment:
You get to make Thomas Tempelmann happy with each donation he receives, because it keeps him alive and eager to do more helpful work. You could see it as an investment for yourself, possibly benefitting from it in the future again.
You also get to appreciate more what you made the donation for. You will feel good about it and be more interested in using it if is software. It is Thomas' intention that you will be more happy with his work the more you get to use it. That's the reason he has created it: To provide good solutions and have others enjoy them.
Last but not least, you will get a mail from Thomas thanking you for your recognition of his contribution(s).