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<div class="entry-content"><p>The other day I wrote a post about <a href="http://blog.steveklabnik.com/being-excellent-to-each-other">being excellent to each other</a>.
Today, I’ve got a great example of that for you: Divvy.</p>
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<p>Here’s what happened:</p>
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<p>Here’s a <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ckcbr/mizage_a_small_development_company_that_made/">link to the thread</a>. Check out some of these comments:</p>
<p><img src="/images/divvy3.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>… okay, maybe that last one is a bit much. But still, they’ve obviously been
repaid many times over for something that <em>didn’t even cost them money</em>. This
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1473770">comment on HN</a> really says it all:</p>
<p><img src="/images/divvy4.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>If you’d also like to support a company for being awesome, here’s a link
to <a href="http://www.mizage.com/divvy/">Divvy</a>.</p>
<p>EDIT: They’ve posted the sales afterward on Reddit <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/cmmfg/hey_reddit_a_week_ago_someone_posted_about_divvy/">here</a>.</p>
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