From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 11 15:53:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA23712 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 15:53:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gforce.bellsouth.net (host-209-214-147-195.msy.bellsouth.net [209.214.147.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23694 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 15:52:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glenn@bellsouth.net) Received: from gforce.bellsouth.net (localhost.bellsouth.net [127.0.0.1]) by gforce.bellsouth.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA27875; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 17:51:21 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from glenn@gforce.bellsouth.net) Message-Id: <199809112251.RAA27875@gforce.bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 17:51:19 -0500 (CDT) From: gljohns@bellsouth.net (Glenn Johnson) Subject: Re: Making A FreeBSD CD-ROM To: Steve Friedrich cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "SPROLESD@sw.noacsc.ohio.gov" In-Reply-To: <199809101332.JAA07817@laker.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 10 Sep, Steve Friedrich wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:52:39 -0400 (EDT), SPROLESD@sw.noacsc.ohio.gov > wrote: > >>Rather than spend 40$ or so on a FreeBSD from a company, I decided to >>burn my own. > > I don't understand why so many people, including yourself, think that > any of us should help you to burn a CD. In you're attempt to save $40, > you are shifting the "cost" to us. I say that if you are left on your > own, to figure out how to make the CD, you'll eventually figure out > that your time spent trying to make a CD isn't worth the $40 you've > tried to save !! I understand that you don't want to spend $40 every > time a new release comes out, but you can also install over the net, or > join a user's group and share the cost of the CD if net access is too > expensive. > > I, personally, think it's unfair to ask any of us to spend our leisure > time helping you save $40. What does anyone else think ?? > Agreed. Also consider the fact that the $40 spent helps to keep the FreeBSD project going, to some degree anyway. -- Glenn Johnson gljohns@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message