Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 23:30:17 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Eric Wayte" <ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>, <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <000701c10452$ca818600$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.31.0107031126450.7249-100000@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Eric Wayte >Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 8:33 AM >To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral > > >I posted this over on -chat and only received one response. > >The FreeBSD Mall has temporarily been replaced by BSD Central. A subset >of the previously available merchandise is for sale at BSD Central. The >problem I have is that BSD Central sells FreeBSD 4.3 for $39.95 while >their alter ego, Linux Central, sells it for $29.95. > >I know Walnut Creek is gone, but who is in charge here? The users are in charge, and always have been. To put it simply, the only "piece" of FreeBSD that WindRiver got when they bought BSDi is a marketing name (Walnut Creek) which most of the FreeBSD users who _aren't_ FTP'ing the ISO images and are buying CD's, are obtaining their FreeBSD CD's from. If WindRiver gets on the ball and keeps fulfilling CD orders, why then this name might continue to be worth something. Otherwise, it will go away and the FreeBSD CD distributions will simply take place through other distributors. This in some ways is even more desirable because as long as Walnut Creek was around, there was no demand for FreeBSD distributions at places like Linux Central, thus those places didn't even carry it. Is it _bad_ for a Linux CD distributor to be selling FreeBSD copies? No, and it also gives the Project more advertising. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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