From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 5 17:59:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65CBC16A418 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:59:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sequethin@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1EC13C458 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:59:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sequethin@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so952260wra for ; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:59:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=Kw18ys0jcBTPcMCaZ8YIFRZY8nGo0OPTuSRyK+GpvIOdj7sRc5P5So/OTPzSG2KPYOqoyBFgnmz6d83T32qpg527zhmRrN8tcTaLbv9+rkAJcGpIiDEtIm7+WgCV84WZGOG3Rnd9ZEmkFW3PTc6BbBQButOge/7EwsoKxNQA8/o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=AgrMiakrpzBDWdR/9OSyTMoNSYjyuoLW+GEfFJp6e9NvXebq+Tc9jkD7VhLnOUKRAIkoyknQSYOrSUFuOlbcg0qBKOM/iWw7iV7QnJt+PPVKVEO/WX3jG9/vWAl3WlewFr3USX41yIVhh2P6vxrXnijdlq4GCGOyscXtVcrHPrI= Received: by 10.90.105.20 with SMTP id d20mr1401920agc.1189013452027; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:30:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.3.157? ( [66.9.132.66]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm7722884agd.2007.09.05.10.30.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:30:50 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <46DEDCD8.3020605@gmail.com> References: <46DBF48E.7030806@gmail.com> <46DDA898.31626.39714C46@dan.langille.org> <46DEDCD8.3020605@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Michael Hernandez Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:30:47 -0400 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: Re: freebsdmall.com prices X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:59:56 -0000 On Sep 5, 2007, at 12:44 PM, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Matt, I'm wondering how many people are behind the Mall, what > the order statistics are, and how much the income is. If the Mall > is just a secondary job, and you donate a considerable excess > amount, then I have to respect, but also criticize that. The good > thing is about *you* supporting the Project, is that *you* can > chose what parts of development to encourage. If you donate raw > cash, they will spend it on ice cream ;), if you donate a piece of > hardware, they will utilize that thing for testing, which is good > if your company relies heavily on FreeBSD driver efficiency and > stability for that type of piece. However, if you really encourage > advertising FreeBSD, you should make promo stuff as cheap as possible. > > All the while you can still download the releases for free so what are you complaining about anyway? At first I thought you were just asking a question and trying to gain insight but now I see you're just trolling. I don't really understand what you are trying to gain through this ranting. If you want to use FreeBSD, you can, and for free. Same for NetBSD, OpenBSD, various distributions of Linux...... what's the problem? You can't realistically expect to get everything for no cost. Or maybe you need clarification between the terms - Free does not necessarily mean "at no cost to you" (although as you know you can still download and use FreeBSD at virtually no cost to you....) --Mike H