From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 13:35:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B562637B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:35:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spxgate.servplex.com (ip66-105-58-82.z58-105-66.customer.algx.net [66.105.58.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D848143FBD for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:35:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@servplex.com) Received: from peter.servplex.com ([192.168.0.96]) by spxgate.servplex.com (8.12.8/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h5GKmZeW016859; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:48:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from peter@servplex.com) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20030616153217.01814638@mail.servplex.com> X-Sender: peter@mail.servplex.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 To: "Valerie Andrewlevich" From: Peter Elsner In-Reply-To: <006401c33446$c7ca39e0$6600a8c0@brooklynsax5re> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: free? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:35:02 -0000 X-Original-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:35:13 -0500 X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:35:02 -0000 Valerie It is a FREE os... You can freely download the ISO images and burn them on to a CD using your CD-R/CD-RW drive. CD media and jewel cases costs money... The money that these sites charge is not for the OS, but for the media (4 CD's) and the jewel case, and the booklet insert. In most cases, the money is reverted back to the FreeBSD Project, which helps with various costs. Hope that settles your confusion. Peter At 04:35 PM 6/16/2003 -0400, you wrote: >I'm a bit confused -- your website clearly states that freeBSD is a free >OS, yet each of the sites that offer the CD charge money for it. Am I >missing something here? > >thanks, >Valerie Andrewlevich >vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE.