A small-scale campaign to purchase hardware for a project cut loose by Red Hat.

From the campaign, by James Cammarata, the new project lead:

Created in 2007 by Michael DeHaan, Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments. It glues together and automates many associated Linux tasks […] Cobbler was originally a Fedora/Red Hat sponsored project, and is currently a key part of the Red Hat Satellite/Spacewalk project. Since March of 2012, the project leadership has changed and it is no longer receiving direct support from Red Hat in terms of money or development contributions.

Summary

• Campaign: Indiegogo
• Campaign date: 2012-12
• Campaign status: successful
• Campaign backers: 27
• Campaign raised: US$5776 of 4000
• Project type: existing
• Project license: GPL

Outcomes

Seems like hardware was purchased, so this can probably be counted as a success.

Commentary

• Shoes for the Cobbler’s kids – blog post from a VP at Eucalyptus Systems, announcing they would match donations dollar for dollar during the Indiegogo campaign.