Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:28:55 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) Message-ID: <19970416232855.00703@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970417013405.00ba9290@sentex.net>; from Mike Tancsa on Thu, Apr 17, 1997 at 01:34:05AM -0400 References: <Your <199704170215.VAA15005@argus> <3.0.1.32.19970417013405.00ba9290@sentex.net>
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Mike Tancsa scribbled this message on Apr 17: > really big corp customers who look to expand their net presence ask us for > recommendations. When we tell them about FreeBSD they look at us funny > when we tell them its free... Typically, their response is "You mean I am > going to trust my million dollar a week business to some free software ? No > way! Whats the number for SUN again ?" I suppose however, if we told them > FreeBSD was in fact $2000, plus another $1000 a year for fixes, they would > probably seriously consider it. However, our smaller business customers so why not quote them that price and just donate the funds back to the project?? I know that some people would be more responsive to problem reports with the kind of money coming in.. :) just a thought.. :) -- John-Mark Cu Networking Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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