From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 30 03:15:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA19936 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 03:15:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA19931 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 03:15:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA18567; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 03:15:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 03:15:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Snob Art Genre To: Joel Sutton cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ricardo_N=FA=F1ez?= , FreeBSD , John Rivas Subject: Re: CD-ROM FreeBSD Provider In-Reply-To: <199704300402.OAA04467@solsbury-hill.home> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id DAA19932 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Joel Sutton wrote: > > If IŽd like to buy a FreeBSD CD-ROM... Should I contact only Walnut Creek? > > IsnŽt there another FreeBSD CD-ROMs provider? > > Walnut Creek actually produce the CD. But I'm sure there must be > resellers out there somewhere but it may not be cheaper. > > > This is important because weŽd like to compare prices. > > You could always download it. That's how I started out. > > Good luck, Joel... Depending where you are, the CDs may be cheaper than the download. In any case, you really want to buy from Walnut Creek -- you might be able to find someone to sell you the disks for $5 less, but you will not find a vendor with more of a commitment to FreeBSD's success, nor one who works more closely with the FreeBSD core team. In the long run, it's in all of our best interests to support WC. Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."