From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 1 21:07:55 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA14885 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:07:55 -0700 Received: from hemi.com (hemi.com [204.132.158.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA14879 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:07:52 -0700 Received: (from mbarkah@localhost) by hemi.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id WAA15403; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 22:10:34 -0600 From: Ade Barkah Message-Id: <199510020410.WAA15403@hemi.com> Subject: Re: netscape needs mirrors :) To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty Jr.) Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 22:10:34 -0600 (MDT) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199510020358.UAA02734@rah.star-gate.com> from "Amancio Hasty Jr." at Oct 1, 95 08:58:37 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 664 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Apparently, they can't handle the load so maybe we can step in :) > Last time we offered to distribute Netscape via our system and be a mirror site and provide resources for free, Netscape wanted to charge us $6000 and $20 for each copy we give out. That policy does wonders for a tiny company like ours. As a comparison, a VP of a `very popular windows mail program' personally waived all fees so we could distribute his program in our disks. -Ade -------------------------------------------------------------------- Inet: mbarkah@hemi.com - HEMISPHERE ONLINE - www: --------------------------------------------------------------------