Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 21:14:07 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: e.knight@ix.netcom.com (Edward F. Knight) Cc: David Anderson <partek@indecent.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <199509080314.VAA24635@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199509080034.RAA13452@ix5.ix.netcom.com> References: <199509080034.RAA13452@ix5.ix.netcom.com>
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> They say it is comming out this month. Who says it's coming out this month. > However, It will take Walnut Creek > Cdrom probably 3 to 4 weeks to get the CDs manufactured after the release is > issued. Then If you are a subscriber you will be last in the queue to get > the CDROM. I have been told by the folks at Walnut Creek that when they get > product if someone calls in that their CDROM will be shipped the same day > and that subscribers to the product have to wait for one mass pressing of > the cdrom May I ask who ad WC said such a thing? Heresay is not welcome. > which costs them approximately $0.67 I think you don't really have any idea what exactly 'costs' are. What about the hardware, the insert, advertising, staffing costs, rent, and all those other things. Do you think they get it all for free? > and they sell for $39 regular > and $25 for subscription. Their attitude towards those of of us who have > been supporting them through subscription is convoluted. Gee, and I though it was the FreeBSD folks who really support the project. > While I'm on a roll, I can't quite figure out where the dividing line > between FreeBSD.org and Walnut Creek Cdrom is. Many of the "officials" of > FreeBSD.org are employyees of Walnut Creek Cdrom. Hmm, I have *never* been a WC employee, and neither are *most* of the core members. As one of the original founders, I can't even begin to understand where your twisted sense of reality is based. I am no longer a core member out of choice, but before I resigned I put in hundreds if not thousands of hours into the project w/out *ANY* compensation. There are others whose accomplishments make mine pale in comparison. Those are the folks who 'support' the project. Sorry for venting, but people who respond like this really tick me off, Nate
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