Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 13:49:43 -1000 From: "Peter Stubbs" <peters@staidan.qld.edu.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What ever happened to... ? / new money spinner Message-ID: <31B5E04389@aidan.staidan.qld.edu.au>
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On 19 Dec 95 at 21:50, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > I think you may have missed Richard's point.. > > WC currently pays Jordan's salary (however much that is), to > which Jordan is dedicated to developing/maintaining FreeBSD...WC > currently pays for the T1 that freebsd.org is resting at the other > end of...WC pays for the hardware that is used by freebsd.org... > > ...so, so far as I can see it, WC is turning around a larger > chunk then 5% of the profits back into the project...I'm curious as > to how many ppl buy copies of the CDrom vs. ftp'ng it in from the > server... does WC break even, or are they currently losing money on > the project? Sorry, I shouldn't have quoted Richards message to start with. I did get his point, and think WC are being great. I even give preferance to WC's other cd's because of their support for FreeBSD. I was really jumping in on an earlier topic in the "What ever happened to..." thread where people where tossing about ideas on how to get some new hardware. I wanted to think of a way to give WC a product to sell, with a minimum of risk & overhead on their part. Perhaps 5% of the subscription profit would be a fairer idea. Then they would know before a printing how many was the minimum they would sell, and exactly how much was to go to the hardware / development fund. I would hope that most of the regular FreeBSD community would subscribe, just to see something more come into the project. Cheers, Peter Peter Stubbs, St Aidan's AGS. ph +61-07-3379-9911, fax +61-07-3379-9432
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