Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:47:40 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Lanny Baron <lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the talk about fbsd in linux and free cd's Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002251047250.12632-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002250458290.4070-100000@satan.freebsdsystems.com>
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Do you understand the definition of a non-profit organization? On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Lanny Baron wrote: > I must be really stupid. Who in the corporate world cares if FreeBSD is > mentioned in a linux mag or article. As a business person, I look in trade > magazines and some computer magazines/papers. I will tell you this. In > this months Computer paper (Toronto edition) a 1/4 or just slightly larger > add from the University of Toronto, showing 4 versions of Linux at the > Bookstore at U of T. That IS what gets people buying. > > Now Jordan, you told the guy in mail here he should go ahead and get free > FreeBSD cd's made. Has anyone seen that Microsoft MAKES money? Not by > giving away cdroms for sure. It makes my blood boil to see this nonsense. > > Jordan, and anyone here connected with The FreeBSD Project, I only want to > see the organization succeed in all aspects. But the marketing in my eyes > is not good. Sorry for the criticism but that is how I see it. Jordan you > know what I am up too. And please dont spread it, but I will tell you the > marketing budget for 3 years is at well over 2 million dollars. > > I hope you dont burn free freebsd cdroms. It looks cheap, and people that > WANT quality expect it to cost. In their logical minds, it works something > like this. Well, lets see, the system the company sells out performs > others like NT and Novell and can keep pace with IBM AS 400's. Hmm..and > its free...nah how good can it be? Ahh..they will be out of business and > then we're stuck. > > Red Hat here costs at least $60.00 NT costs about 12 or 13 hundred. I > wonder who IS making money. I know who is NOT. > > Regards, > > Lanny Baron > > http://ca.samba.org/samba/samba.html <--- official Canadian mirror > http://cybertouch.org <--- my sentimental ISP (which i dont advertise) > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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