From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 12 16:13:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA16642 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:13:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xcf.berkeley.edu (scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA16566 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:13:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nordwick@xcf.berkeley.edu) Received: (qmail 22472 invoked by uid 27268); 12 Apr 1998 23:01:13 -0000 Date: 12 Apr 1998 23:01:13 -0000 Message-ID: <19980412230113.22471.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu> From: Jason Nordwick MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Frank Pawlak Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, brett@lariat.org, mike@smith.net.au, dshanes@personalogic.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[4]: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" In-Reply-To: fpawlak@execpc.com on 4/9/1998 to nordwick@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU, fpawlak@execpc.com, toor@dyson.iquest.net, brett@lariat.org, mike@smith.net.au, dshanes@personalogic.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <199804100250.VAA23379@darkstar.connect.com> References: <19980410011618.25209.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu> <199804100250.VAA23379@darkstar.connect.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.32 under Emacs 19.34.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Frank Pawlak, on Thu 4/9/1998, wrote the following: > > Jason Nordwick wrote: > > > > Would it be possible to have the Walnut Creek CDs in > > computer/bookstores, > > as I see the Linux CDs ? > > > > What would this take, just calling and marketing ? > > Yes that could be the case. It is hard to justify a personal visit with > a relatively low cost product such as we are talking about here. > > The other issue is how to college bookstores view their shelf space. > Normal stores run on profit dollars per square foot of shelf space, with > the low and slow movers getting the boot. I wouldn't think that college > bookstore are manage quite this tightly but could be wrong. > I think that most college computer stores are run by the Student Body or the University and are not subject to normal rental conditions. A small amount of space in these usually sparsely populated areas is not that much to ask. Getting them to actually purchase some copies for distribution is a different story. > Telemarketing or product on consignment maybe that way to get started. > If anybody would like to test, I can see if I can get a few stores in the Berkeley area to see if they are interested... one problem is that I dont really know how this works. > Another idea that I've had is that those of use that are going to > college make a call on the bookstore manager and try to sell them on > FreeBSD. There could be legal issues here with WC CDROM because someone > acting as a sales person is an agent of the organization. > > CompSci and Computer Engineering Deptartment heads etc., maybe prime > prospects for a freeby copy to seed that effort. > > Like any marketing effort this would have to be planed out a bit to get > desired results. > > Frank > > > > > jay > > -- > > Join the FreeBSD Revolution. > > Support the FSF, buy GNU. > > http://xcf.berkeley.edu/ > jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message