From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 8 23:23:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from softweyr.com (softweyr.com [208.247.99.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E544F37B406 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2001 23:23:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from localhost.softweyr.com ([127.0.0.1] helo=softweyr.com ident=130c0f0f6417f98da1b47af01d4c6b86) by softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 15JT4U-0000hs-00; Sun, 08 Jul 2001 22:54:59 -0600 Message-ID: <3B493922.3AC700@softweyr.com> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 22:54:58 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Fumerola Cc: Greg Black , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral References: <53494.994625611@critter> <20010708194534.X47870@elvis.mu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill Fumerola wrote: > > so this list would be controlled by those who can make changes > to the FreeBSD web site, right? > > well, then lets start the list up: > > $1,000 - in the list > $2,000 - I'll bold your entry > $2,000 - I'll put your entry at the top And for a measly million dollars, I'll redirect FreeBSD.org to your web site. Payable directly to my account at Bank of the Caymans, of course. > ... or maybe we should remind ourselves that the only thing > official about FreeBSD is the code. Let the CD vendors figure > out ways to attract customers from each other, lets worry more > about ways to attract 'customers' from other operating systems. Bill and Jordan are right on this one, guys. We (as in FreeBSD) can put up the ISOs and every Tom, Dick and Harry with a CD burner can distribute FreeBSD, and differentiate themselves on packaging, sales channel, and customer service. Who knows, we might even get a few local shops to pre- install FreeBSD on a machine or two, with their own FreeBSD discs thrown in. It could happen. I'll talk to SuperDale and see if "Totally Awesome Computers" will do this, they run their web site on FreeBSD. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message