From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Sep 9 17:31: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from hole.noc.iafrica.com (hole.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.191]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6DC1524B; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:30:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ccrofton@hole.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from ccrofton (helo=localhost) by hole.noc.iafrica.com with local-smtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 11PEZH-00077o-00; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 02:29:32 +0200 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 02:29:31 +0200 (SAT) From: Charl X-Sender: ccrofton@hole.noc.iafrica.com To: "Jeremy L. Ramirez" Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Free BSD CD-sets In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990909183507.00a704d0@ns1.digicomsystems.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Now you say this:)) I just bought the Complete FreeBSD and considering our exchange rate it was scary. If only I had known this previously:)) Well atleast I have the complete set now. On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Jeremy L. Ramirez wrote: > I'll be quick and to the point. Is there currently an effort to get > FreeBSD to users > that may not be willing to fork out the $40 (which I feel is a very small > price to pay) > to try/test it out without having to download it? I know there was (not > sure currently) > a Linux effort to get CD sets to users. > > Basically all it did was list those who had CD sets they didn't need/use > anymore > and those interested in the OS could contact the person offering the CD set > (or even installation help) and get it for free. I know that I > personally have plenty of previous > release sets (1 rev behind release) that I don't use and would be willing > to send to some newbie > or curious in hopes that they like it and decide to use/support it. I'm > sure there are others > out there with sets that are collecting dust. > > Comments anyone? > > -Jeremy Ramirez > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message