From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Feb 3 09:32:35 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16231 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:32:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xwin.nmhtech.com (xwin.nmhtech.com [208.138.46.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16191 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:32:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nicole@xwin.nmhtech.com) Received: by xwin.nmhtech.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 17D542EE1A; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:32:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 09:32:10 -0800 (PST) From: Nicole Harrington To: Licia Subject: RE: Is there a reseller program? Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id JAA16203 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 02-Feb-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Licia wrote: > > Does anyone know if Walnut Creek has a reseller program for FreeBSD > merchandise? I'm going to try to convince some local stores to carry > FreeBSD (they carry Linux, so maybe they'll listen? :) ) and it would be > very handy if I could point them to some nice, clear, documentation on > what is available to them and what they'd have to do themselves. > > The frist thing we need to do is to convince them to offer a "boxed" product like the Linux people do. It has become a staple of software these days. Just having disks or Disks in the back of the book makes still look like Linux did 6 years ago and even then I seem to remember boxed sets of Linux being around. Microsucks doesn't win by having a better OS, just by telling everyone it does and by making it Appear to be cool. We still "look like" the underdog, so that is were we may stay in the press until that changes. Nicole |\ __ /| (`\ | o_o |__ ) ) // \\ nicole@nmhtech.com | http://www.webweaver.net/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | http://www.dangermouse.org -------------------------(((---(((----------------------- - Powered by Coka Cola and FreeBSD - - Stong enough for a man - But made for a Woman - - I'm not ADD - I'm just Multithreaded - - Microsoft: What bug would you like today? - ---------------------------------------------------------- SYSADMIN(1) Sysadmin is the keeper of all things computer, is generally harangued, must be supplied with caffeine, chocolate, and sushi in order to function properly, cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, and must not be allowed to have a life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message