Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:54:39 +0100 From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: www/74407: Please add us to the list of FreeBSD vendors on freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041128225438.GA16796@unixpages.org> In-Reply-To: <20041126221010.GQ37244@submonkey.net> References: <200411261350.iAQDoGeJ091302@freefall.freebsd.org> <20041126221010.GQ37244@submonkey.net>
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--Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 10:10:10PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 01:06:35PM -0800, Murray Stokely wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 01:50:16PM +0000, Christian Brueffer wrote: > > > > www.cheeplinux.com is a UK based website selling the latest stable= & cutt=3D > > > ing edge FreeBSD software. Orders are shipped same-day worldwide. > > > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > > =3D20 > > > =20 > > > I assume you want to be listet in 'CD and DVD Sets' section of the > > > 'Obtaining FreeBSD' handbook appendix? > > > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.h= tml) > > > =20 > > > If so, please submit an entry similar to the other ones listed. > >=20 > > Should we at least be asking these companies what they are doing for > > the FreeBSD Community? Do we really want to support a company called > > cheaplinux.com and dilute the mindshare of supporting FreeBSD vendors? > > We never used to list companies like cheapbytes.com in the past, but > > that seems to have changed in the past 2 years. We no longer have a > > single official vendor, but cheaplinux.com is no daemonnews or > > freebsdmall. >=20 > I think the question comes down to whether we want to list vendors or > not. If it's a requirement that you contribute Fixnum % of your takings > to the FF (or whatever), then we should say so and everyone will know > where they stand. Or we should get an official vendor. There is no > way to make the call otherwise. >=20 That's the question indeed. Both ways have it's pros and cons. In the past vendors just got added when they requested it, so I continued this way. I don't really have an opinion on which way to choose... - Christian --=20 Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBqlcubHYXjKDtmC0RAg67AKCwdgJm8o80n960xTeBGEyroRVUCgCfUYM6 a76JTvcLziUuck6A8ATJ/D0= =FlFN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z--
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