Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 13:42:09 +0200 (CEST) From: Stephane Legrand <Stephane.Legrand@bigfoot.com> To: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net> Cc: Stephane Legrand <Stephane.Legrand@bigfoot.com>, Kenneth Karlsson <kak@bitnisse.dk>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sv: FreeBSD Project looking for a switch Message-ID: <199907251142.NAA02881@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907250011120.13782-100000@surreal.vrhost.com> References: <199907241320.PAA14163@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907250011120.13782-100000@surreal.vrhost.com>
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Gary D. Margiotta writes: > True, but that requires everyone to know about freebsdmall (granted, > everyone should, but... ;) )... > Yes, freebsdmall is unfortunately not known enough. > Howsabout a 'Donation subscription'?... I know personally I wouldn't mind > having a card billed, say $5 or $10 a month, or maybe $25 quarterly. > It's possible. At freebsdmall, you can also make this kind of donation. > Buying a subscription for the CD-ROMS is nice, however, it costs a lot in > time and material to make all of that, so the profit margin is very slim. > > The people who make FBSD work are donating a heckuva lot of their time and > resources for us all to be able to benefit from it. I think it's the > least we could do to offer what amounts to not even 15 minutes pay for > some of us on a consistent basis in order to keep this great project going > and working to be the best OS out there... > > Get even $1 from a thousand people per month (and I think that is only a > small fraction of how many people use it), and it suddenly turns into a > bigger chunk of change than you think... > > ______________________________________________________________ > -Gary Margiotta Voice: (973) 835-7855 > TBE Internet Services Fax: (973) 835-4755 > http://www.tbe.net E-Mail: gary@tbe.net > > On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Stephane Legrand wrote: > > > Kenneth Karlsson writes: > > > > > > Why not make an online fundraising, with creditcard billing, i > > > would like to donate some $10, if that could help ... Maybe Walnut > > > Creek could help out here ?! > > > > > > > Go to http://www.freebsdmall.com/ and follow the link "Donate". > > > > Stephane Legrand. > > > -- Stephane.Legrand@bigfoot.com FreeBSD Francophone : http://www.freebsd-fr.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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