From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 10:20:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99E437B401; Mon, 26 May 2003 10:20:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A774743F3F; Mon, 26 May 2003 10:20:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com ([192.168.0.5]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h4QHKn6k009021; Mon, 26 May 2003 13:20:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 13:09:23 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Ceri Davies Message-Id: <20030526130923.4842e33e.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030526131730.GB80541@submonkey.net> References: <20030526131730.GB80541@submonkey.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Retail Boxed Products in the Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 17:20:52 -0000 On Mon, 26 May 2003 14:17:30 +0100 Ceri Davies wrote: > > All, > > Please cast your eye over to Appendix A of the Handbook, and the section > titled "Retail Boxed Products". I'll wait. > You'll see that we have Frys and CompUSA listed as retailers of boxed sets. > Well CompUSA have told us that they don't stock these anymore; does anybody > know if Frys still do, or is anyone in a position to call one and enquire? I live near a Staples, Best Buy, Office Max, Walmart and Target. (Yes, Cranberry PA is a large shopping town). Walmart USED to keep a RedHat and Mandrake Linux boxed set, don't think they do anymore. I'll make a quick stop in sometime to see if any of these stores have the FreeBSD boxed set. > > I'm thinking of removing this section altogether, and it's been suggested to > me that I enlist your folks help in trying to whip up a list of retailers who > really do stock FreeBSD boxed sets, to try and save the section. A nice page, sorted by country/state/sovereignty linked to the front page might be nice. Or perhaps an article... > > If there's no interest in doing this, then that's fine too. > I propose to remove the section on June 15th, so you have until then. > I have an interest. Please, continue. -- Tom Rhodes