From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 24 02:35:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D1D716A4C0; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:35:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 580E943FE9; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:35:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rgb@osdisc.com) Received: from h-69-3-123-157.dnvtco56.dynamic.covad.net ([69.3.123.157]) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1A263S-0003cQ-00; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:35:26 -0700 From: "Ramsey G. Brenner" Organization: osdisc.com To: murray@freebsd.org, Ceri Davies , Michael Sierchio , FreeBSD Stable List Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 03:34:37 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309240334.37465.rgb@osdisc.com> Subject: Re: [Fwd: OSDisc.com donating 10% to FreeBSD Foundation] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:35:28 -0000 Hi Murray, > Actually, I misread the email. He didn't offer to donate 10% of > revenue, but 10% of profits. Assuming he is running a profitable > company (which I doubt), then we can assume something like a 3% profit > margin. 10% of 3% of $5 is 1.5 cents. Of course, you can get rid of > any profits in a small company by just paying out bonuses or other > compensation, but if you're a really optimistic person, you can buy > from OSDisc and hope that 1 cent will go to the foundation for your > purchase. No thanks. ;( Im really not interested in playing some kind of game with the freebsd project. When I said 10% of the profits, I meant 10% of the profits from each sale. The donation would be more like $0.45 - $0.75 (for the 3 cd set). I'll agree it isnt much, and it probably wont amount to much (especially when compared to what the freebsd mall has given), but atleast its something. I dont know of any competitors of mine (who are selling cheap cds) who donate anything at all. If someone can afford to buy from the freebsd mall, I encorage them to do so... but if someone doesnt want to spend $40+ (for whatever reason), then why not buy it from us? Lastly, I know I cross posted, and I apologize. Best regards, Ramsey Brenner OSDisc.com Founder