"> I think the $40 dollars for the professionally packaged 4 CD set is not
only> an inexpensive investment for a little piece of internet history for
each> FreeBSD release, but it is also a tremendous help offsetting a portion
of> the costs for our advocacy and hardware support efforts for the FreeBSD>
Project.>> best,> -matt"
-I totally aggree with the above and more, I have bought PCBSD , and am going
to order FreeBSD7
a freind of mine spent $399.00 (CDN) last year for WinVista-OEM-64-bit.
He's now back to WinXP -need I say more ?
I mean for $50 ?!, even $50/year, is a good "investment" in FreeBSD/PCBSD for
me anyways. and if everybody did that a lot of users', like me, wouldn't need
Windows, not to mention, PC hardware architecture's could really
flourish("develop"), and become a lot better...
...so there.
:)
Rick.
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 17:11:37 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> CC: [email protected]> Subject: Re: freebsdmall.com
> prices> > On Mon, Sep 3, 2007 at 3:46 PM, Matt Olander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> >>> >> I've just looked at the prices at
> www.freebsdmall.com, and found that they> >> are overwhelming. A full FreeBSD
> release costs like 40$. 40$?! HOLY SHIT!> >> Who would buy it for that much
> money when you can download it for free? Now> >> you might think that giving
> 40$ is a great way for supporting the project.> >> But is freebsdmall
> associated with the core team in any way? OK, even if it> >> is, I think
> there would be more income, if there were a reasonable price. Or> >> does
> mailing a 4 CD set or a DVD really cost that much money?! Either way, I> >>
> think it is still more financially efficient if users download a copy and> >>
> donate like 35$ via some online method. Don't give me wrong. Of course there>
> >> are people without online access or CD/DVD burners, but those are rare
> case> >> exceptions. Am I wrong? Is it not how this thing works? Are lots of
> people> >> really buying freebsdmall products keenly/willingly every time for
> some> >> reason?> >> > Hi,> >> > In fact, one of the core team members,
> Murray Stokely, is on the FreeBSD> > Mall payroll. Also, in the past few
> months alone, we've donated over $20k> > USD in modern server hardware for
> FreeBSD development, made possible in part> > due to the revenue generated by
> the mall. The FreeBSD Mall also provides us> > with merchandise that we use
> to promote FreeBSD at trade shows that we> > attend at a cost of several
> thousand dollars per show.> >> > I think the $40 dollars for the
> professionally packaged 4 CD set is not only> > an inexpensive investment for
> a little piece of internet history for each> > FreeBSD release, but it is
> also a tremendous help offsetting a portion of> > the costs for our advocacy
> and hardware support efforts for the FreeBSD> > Project.> >> > best,> >
> -matt> >> > --> > Matt Olander> > CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source"
> http://www.iXsystems.com> > Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project
> http://www.FreeBSD.org> > BSD on the Desktop! http://www.pcbsd.org> > Phone:
> (408)943-4100 ext. 113 Fax: (408)943-4101> >> >
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> was say $20 more people would buy it. But the> question is, would twice as
> many people buy it?> > > -- > Jim Capozzoli>
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