From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 01:51:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF1116A420 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:51:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@i13i.com) Received: from admin.i13i.com (admin.i13i.com [208.98.1.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 59F0643D46 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:51:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@i13i.com) Received: (qmail 37136 invoked from network); 23 Feb 2006 02:03:15 -0000 Received: from mail.i13i.com (HELO webmail.i13i.com) (208.98.15.133) by admin.i13i.com with SMTP; 23 Feb 2006 02:03:15 -0000 Received: from 212.39.168.67 (proxying for 62.92.188.11) (SquirrelMail authenticated user chris@i13i.com) by webmail.i13i.com with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:03:15 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <18179.212.39.168.67.1140660195.squirrel@webmail.i13i.com> In-Reply-To: <43FCFE50.7060200@freebsdbrasil.com.br> References: <20060222214251.piwsfg0j456ow8gc@webmail.linuxiso.co.uk> <54246.212.39.168.67.1140649204.squirrel@webmail.i13i.com> <43FCFE50.7060200@freebsdbrasil.com.br> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:03:15 -0600 (CST) From: chris@i13i.com To: "Patrick Tracanelli" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: sales@linuxiso.co.uk, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD Distributor Listing - Linuxiso.co.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:51:12 -0000 The only problem was he asked on the Doc mailing list not the questions mailing list. As they had no bussiness sending these types of emails to a list which is mainly for Doc updates and such. Regards, Chris > chris@i13i.com wrote: >> Hello, >> why not try freebsd-questions instead of the document project mailing >> lists and also if you are a Linux reseller why would it involve us ? Try >> getting your act together before asking to be added to a web site. >> >> Regards, >> Chris >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>We are a UK based Linux reseller and were wondering if we could be added >>>to your >>>vendor listings. Linuxiso.co.uk continues to donate to the Linux >>> community >>>via >>>Distrowatch who make monthly donations pooled from resellers and >>>companies. Our >>>donations have been made to Mplayer, Amarok, Kanotix and the Cacti >>>project to >>>name a few. >>> >>>Our details can be found below: >>> >>>Linuxiso.co.uk > > Hey, no need to be angry, I guess. If one take a few seconds will notice > that the mentioned Web site sells FreeBSD along with other BSD systems > > http://www.linuxiso.co.uk/category_BSD_Distributions.html > > and also, a lot of Linux distros too. > > This reseller profile is just like the average of the profiles listed at > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html > > Which lists a number of other sites that sells FreeBSD, other BSDs and a > lot of Linux. Some of them even treat FreeBSD as a "Linux Distro" under > their menus, and are still listed anyway. > > More. They state they make monthly donations to great software > develoment such as mplayer and cacti (sorry I dont run the others, so I > just dont know if they are that great hehe). > > Would one day FreeBSD Project or BSD Certification efforts be target for > their donations? I dont know, hope so. Anyway direct funding great 3rd > party software which runs so nicely under BSD is still great. > > I believe the guy asked in such a very polite and direct way how to get > listed somewhere. I think he has shown the credentials. If they are > enought or not, I have no idea. Anyway here seems to be the right place > and the mentioned Web site is not different from many of the ones > already listed. > > Hey Ed guy usually the path to follow is do yourself the changes you > would like to see in the correspondent sgml file and take a diff between > your midified version and the most recent one, sending it as a proposed > patch via send-pr(1), with a description (just like the one you sent > here) and follow the status of your PR in the Web site. Or, if you are > lucky, find someone to sgml it for you in this list. I suggest you try > the first approach first =) > > -- > Patrick Tracanelli > > (31) 3281-9633 / 3281-3547 > 316601@sip.freebsdbrasil.com.br > "Long live Hanin Elias, Kim Deal!" > >