Now don`t be ridiculous! I have had more than 40 downloads just for xchroot last month and that does not even count the downloads via mentors.debian.net and download.opensuse.org.
Elmar Am 14.01.2014 um 19:30 schrieb Theo de Raadt: >> I just believe that many more people would be interested in buying a >> singleton >> DVD >> than buying three CDs; an approach which I believe is somehow outdated. >> I would lovingly buy such a DVD even at much a higher price than 3CDs which >> are >> far not that useful as a dual live/install DVD. > > Yes, just like there are tons of people who would buy their own > private airplanes (if the price was right). > > I can offer you a singleton DVD for about $500. That is the price > where I know the investment/effort I will have to go through is > worthwhile, based on my guess that the number of people who want this > will be between 12 and 15. > > Sold? > > Or would you prefer that I instead spend my time on something else in the > source tree which benefits everyone? > > Or are you offering to pay for someone in the project to make/test > this DVD? > > Or are you assuming things get done for no effort at all, and simply > being selfish? I suspect this is the case. > >> We can at least appreciate http://stop-prism.org and Wikipedia to promote >> OpenBSD >> by highlighting its security awareness. > > And then there is the price of lollipops in Vienna. I can appreciate > that as well, and that it has nothing to do with asking OpenBSD to go > through an effort which will be a net loss. > > If you are trying to get me to invest in making DVDs for you, at a > price that is below what the OpenBSD's effort would be worth, you are > being ridiculous. You're advocating that we expend effort FOR YOU, > but not FOR US, and certainly not for EVERYONE ELSE. If anything, > that's precisely why OpenBSD has trouble, we're surrounded by narrowly > selfish advocates.
