From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 23 18:07:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA10514 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:07:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from coal.nis.newscorp.com (mxa.newscorp.com [206.15.105.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA10425 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:05:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ben@multivac.narcissus.net) Received: from multivac.narcissus.net (ts2port14.port.net [207.38.248.142]) by coal.nis.newscorp.com (News Corp SMTP GW 1.1) with SMTP id VAA22183; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 21:07:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by multivac.narcissus.net (NX5.67e/NX3.0S) id AA00447; Thu, 23 Oct 97 20:58:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:58:49 -0400 (GMT-0400) From: Snob Art Genre Reply-To: benedict@echonyc.com To: Michael Porter Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shipment of v2.2.5 In-Reply-To: <344E8AC0.9413018F@wavefront.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Walnut Creek does a lot for FreeBSD . . . check the web pages where the history of FreeBSD is given. WC supported FreeBSD when it was unproven and unknown, and if they make a little money off of it, well, so much the better. On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Michael Porter wrote: > I hate to sound ungrateful or impatient, but when do the subscriptions > get mailed out? I have a list of things I want to do, but I want to > wait until I get the new version (No, I really don't feel like > downloading it, I've got a *very* cheap 33.6 modem [$20!!] that usually > gives me from 18k/s to 22k/s) Also, when does Walnut Creek update their > webpages? It still says that v2.2.2 is current (yes, I know it *just* > came out, but hey, I'm excited) Speaking of Walnut Creak- do they make > money on the CD sales or does FreeBSD? Ok, I know that it doesn't cost > $30 to print and ship the CDs, so who's getting the profit? If it's > FreeBSD, then I have no problem with it, but if it's Walnut Creek, then > maybe someone else could print them so the profit goes to FreeBSD?? I > realize that Walnut Creek is doing us (FreeBSD users) quite a service, > and maybe this letter has no validity, but I just thought I'd bring it > up. > > Thanks, > Michael Porter > ocean@wavefront.com > port0095@tc.umn.edu > > > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."