Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:28:57 -0600 From: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: chrisc@vmunix.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <3B45F559.71DE08E8@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <20010706020341B.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107061124480.58715-100000@vnode.vmunix.com> <20010706095512T.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > From: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> > > > Daemon News is still very interested in becoming the official FreeBSD CD > > vendor. I think a qualification of being an official vendor is donating a > > portion back to the project. The FreeBSD foundation needs to be funded. > > I think that's perhaps _a_ qualification, but from the end-user > perspective (and that's really what this thread is essentially about) > I think good customer service will count for a lot more. :) Only time > will tell about that, so I guess the question is whether or not Daemon > News wants to start replicating its own CDs come 4.4? > Given the lack of response from either WR or BSDCentral to my complaint about the FreeBSD Desktop I just received, I think it is critical that we establish an independent CD channel outside of WR's control. I have always had great service when I (and people I have recommended it to) have bought from DNMall. Bluntly, much better service than WC, even before all these mergers/buyouts. My subscriptions were trashed several times and it was always my fault even when it wasn't. I don't think we should ever have "the" official FreeBSD CD vendor, but I support Chris as someone separate from WR. Of course, now that O'Reilly's touting him as their 'open source editor', I worry about the little penguin beak his nose is turning into.... ;-) -- Don Wilde http://www.Silver-Lynx.com Silver Lynx Embedded Microsystems Architects 2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 505-891-4175 FAX 891-4185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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