Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:16:40 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: Chris McNett <chrismcnett@hotmail.com> Cc: xxxkauaxxx@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Message-ID: <20000727131640.C17741@athena.sea.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <20000727141402.78975.qmail@hotmail.com>; from Chris McNett on Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 02:14:02PM %2B0000 References: <20000727141402.78975.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 02:14:02PM +0000, Chris McNett wrote: > FREEBSD IS NOT A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT. The FreeBSD project doesn't sell it. > Walnut Creek CDROM sells CD's of FreeBSD, but people like me who have DSL > simply download it from the Internet. Walnut Creek and the FreeBSD Mall > have reasonable prices, so you should be able to buy the CD at a reasonable > price if you need it. The best way to learn about it is to use it. There > is a very helpful handbook online which should walk you through installation > and everything. Also, anyone who would actually buy FreeBSD from a computer > store should simply order a CD from Walnut Creek. > [[ ... ]] > > >Hi my name is Kaua and I work at CompUSA in Concord California. I was > >wondering if you had any promos going on to educate retail sales people on > >the software. For example, Intel has a special site for retail and sales > >reps to get more knowlege on the procs and chip sets so that they can sell > >the product a lot better. I want to learn more about the software so I can > >be more pepared for customers. I also wanted to know if you sell the > >product to reps at a discounted price. ...Despite what's already been said, this is first time I've ever heard of anyone at CompUSA show any interest in any flavor of Unix. I think it'd be super if CompUSA offered a PC clone with *BSD pre-installed. Greg L's book and a selection of CD's included with the box. But: not likely... . gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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