From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 11 18: 0: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61EB814D4A for ; Sun, 11 Jul 1999 18:00:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tera.com) Received: from athena.tera.com (athena.tera.com [207.224.230.169]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA18946; Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:57:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by athena.tera.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA20624; Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:57:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:57:56 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Scott Spies Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How free is free? Message-ID: <19990711175756.A20618@athena.tera.com> References: <000201becc00$851a1d20$1c12ed18@cryo2.anchorageak.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95us In-Reply-To: <000201becc00$851a1d20$1c12ed18@cryo2.anchorageak.net>; from Scott Spies on Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 07:48:38PM -0900 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 07:48:38PM -0900, Scott Spies wrote: > Thank you all for the vast array of answers, ranging from perfectly > intelligent in content, to flame. My question wasn't an attack. It was > just a legitimate concern. I know nobody's going to give away free CDs. I > also know there are things such as advertising, etc. involved. I had only > wondered why such a high price on a convenience item, and you all answered > my question rather thoroughly. I don't think this warranted a response such > as: > > < and they have to make money to survive. > also cds cost money too..>> > Hi, I think that most (if not all) the flames you may have received were from the hot-head side of the -questions list. The rest of us are reasonably level-headed... gary kline To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message