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Okay, I don't know why we didn't think of this before, but the CF community can make continued support for and development of CFEclipse a no-brainer for Mark Drew. He shouldn't have to ask if he needs to make it a product everyone *has* to pay for (see his post: http://www.markdrew.co.uk/blog/index.cfm/2007/4/13/What-would-you-pay-for-Should-CFEclipse-still-be-free) He's the man. He keeps on adding nifty new features, which benefit us all tremendously.

The man has worked many hours on this for the good of the CF community, and has gotten little in return if he has to question how he can continue. So, let's make Mark Rich!

As CF developers we're a strong group. We forge ahead bravely when the .NET and Java folks don't understand us. We have a fabulous, collaborative blog community. Let's band together and do this!

1. Donate now. No really, stop what you're doing and donate. It take maybe 5 minutes. http://www.cfeclipse.org/index.cfm?event=page&page=donations (I kicked things off with £50.00 GBP)
2. Make a blog entry called "Make Mark Drew Rich" Campaign, or something along those lines, and spread the word!
3. Email all your CF buddies and get them motivated to donate and spread the word.
4. If you're working for a company, get your boss to have your company pony up some donations. CFEclipse has saved the company plenty of money since you don't have to pay for Dreamweaver or another IDE. This should be a pretty easy sell to get your company to pay *something*.