> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:15:05 -1000
> From: gnome@hawaii.rr.com
> To: linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
> Subject: Re: [LAU] Tube Open Movie Project
>
> On 05/14/2012 11:50 AM, Thomas Vecchione wrote:
>
> > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Hartmut Noack wrote:
> >
> > Amazing! The 3rd Kickstarterproject I saw in the last few weeks that
> > reached a sum by far beyond its initial goal!
> >
> > While it is true we reached the minimum goal, we are actually trying to
> > reach much higher than we currently are with 44 hours to go(We were
> > really hoping to hit $50k at least)
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amandapalmer/amanda-palmer-the-new-record-art-book-and-tour
>
> Reached her goal ($100K) on the 1st or 2nd day.
>
> No Linux involved, though, as far as I know.
>


What about Wasteland 2? Target of $900k reached within 2 days, almost $3 million by the end of the project. Exceeding the target by a certain amount (which was far surpassed) included a promise for a Linux version.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2