On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:03:03 -0400, Nick Holland wrote: >On 04/19/11 16:10, Miod Vallat wrote: >> So if you want to contribute but don't know what to get, get a CD set >> (or several!). Noone will mind if you frame them and hang them on your >> wall; it's the thought which counts. >> >> Miod > > >I'm gonna hate myself for this, but if it sends money to the project, >it's worth it... > >I hereby declare OpenBSD CD sets to be The Next Beanie >Baby/Webkins/iProduct thing. It's new, its trendy, and in six months, >you need a new one. (that's how this works, right? Someone, somewhere >declares that some toy or thing is the Must Have for the season, and all >the world lines up to buy it? Gotta be something like that, let's see >if I can make it work...) > > >You HAVE to have one. Your friends with them will thumb their noses at >you if you don't have one. Once you have one, you will be able to (and >be expected to) look down on your poor, unfortunate pathetic excuse for >friends that DON'T have one of their own. Heck, you won't even admit >knowing them in polite company. > >Your kids will be laughed at by their peers who's parents have bought >them an OpenBSD CD set, YOU will be responsible for the psychological >trauma they experience for not having THE Latest Release on CD. Forcing >your kids to share a CD set is not an option; remember, THEY will chose >your nursing home. It's one per kid. And one for your spouse, too. > >You WILL line up to put your order in the moment Theo activates >pre-orders in the future, including taking off work the day before it is >rumored that Theo will activate pre-orders, so you can spend the day >hitting "Reload" on your browser [note to self: talk to Theo about >"leaking" pre-order day], and you will run as fast as you can to buy >copies now. > >You WILL buy this release because it is better than the past releases. >You will buy the next release because it is better than this release. >You will NOT wait for the next release, you will buy this one. > >Remember, there are limited quantities of CDs available at any one >instant, look at what that 2.4 CD is going for now. I know *I* wish I >had bought one a while back. A friend of mine has an OpenBSD 2.0 CD set >he bought when it first came out. He's...you know, SOOOOO COOOOOOL! >(Hi, C.L.! :) He is CLEARLY better than me, because I didn't buy >OpenBSD CDs until 2.6. Don't wait until the 4.9 disks are gone forever >(or until Theo decides to make another run), get yours now! > > >Slightly more seriously... >Unlike the Beanie Babies and Webkins and iProducts, this actually >matters to the world. You all know what it means to have a team >producing an entire OS where the goal is nothing short of perfection, >not "a little better than Windows", where "all software has bugs" is >something to change, not a statement of resignation and justification >for status quo. Even if you don't use OpenBSD for everything, you >realize that OpenBSD has helped raise the bar. So, how much money did >you waste on Beanie Babies? Webkins? How much time did you or someone >you know spend waiting in line for the latest one that just came out? >(multiply by your hourly wage). Send it in as a donation with your CD >purchase, and make the world a better place, not just with more damned >stuffed toys. > >Nick. >
Bloody hell, Nick! <TIC> What are you doing wasting time near release day? Don't you have work to do on FAQ et c. ? Theo says that team members can't do all that business idea stuff and get their woek done as well. Besides, you are wasting your breath on that stupid idea. No-one will remember it in six or twelve months and the new team of ideas men will arrive. Will they have read the FA? Not on your nellie. </Toungue In Cheek> (and just as well you know me!) *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to reply off list. Thankyou. Rod/ --- This life is not the real thing. It is not even in Beta. If it was, then OpenBSD would already have a man page for it.
