From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 24 7:47:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A81D14E7C for ; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:47:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA06972; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:47:08 -0800 Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda06964; Wed Nov 24 07:46:42 1999 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id HAA97726; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:45:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911241545.HAA97726@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdT97722; Wed Nov 24 07:45:45 1999 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Mike Tancsa Cc: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speaking of 3.4... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:35:48 EST." <3.0.5.32.19991124103548.01778c60@staff.sentex.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:45:45 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3.0.5.32.19991124103548.01778c60@staff.sentex.ca>, Mike Tancsa writ es: > What I find perplexing about this thread is that a) nobody is forcing > anyone to update to a new release x times a year. If you dont require any > of the bug fixes or any of the new features, dont upgrade. b) If you are > using FreeBSD in a production environment for your business, $24USD x 4 (or > even x 10) a year is hardly a cost to worry about. As a percentage of your > total cost, even $240 a year is zippo considering what your other costs > are. We look at the subscription as a way to subsidize FreeBSD > development. As we use the CDs less and less, we will probably drop our > subscription and just contribute directly via > http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/ which is a great idea.... Now, where did > that company credit card go :-) A better idea might be to donate unused CDROMs to your local library. Heck, it could even be a tax write-off. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message