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Date:      Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:10:52 -0600
From:      Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
To:        "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be>, "Michael V. Harding" <mvh@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Donations to the FreeBSD project [Was: Re: 3.1R ISO CD Image ??]
Message-ID:  <19990219111052.E11830@winternet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9902191501010.1524-100000@ns.double-barrel.be>; from Michael C. Vergallen on Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 03:11:10PM %2B0100
References:  <199902191334.FAA62213@netcom1.netcom.com> <Pine.LNX.4.04.9902191501010.1524-100000@ns.double-barrel.be>

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[Moving this discussion to freebsd-chat.]

Making a donation is a great idea.  You can do that a number of ways.
Contact Walnut Creek via any of the ways below and tell them that you would
like to donate money to the FreeBSD project.

Note:  I could not find a web page for making a donation?

Thanks!

Nathan

Ordering information from http://www.cdrom.com/info/order.htm

                        Phone 
                               (800) 786.9907
                               (925) 674.0783
                               (Open 06:00-18:00 PST Monday-Friday) 

                        Fax 
                               (925) 674.0821 

                        Email 
                               orders@cdrom.com 

                    	Postal Mail 
                               Walnut Creek CDROM
                               4041 Pike Lane, Suite F
                               Concord, CA 94520-1207
                               U.S.A. 




"Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be> wrote:
> Hi,
> I do think your idea is good, I use FreeBSD here at the office and I 
> wouldn't mind donating some money to the project ( 100 to 150 USD) for 
> me this is 30 USD for each machine. I don't purchase cdroms by principle
> because ones you have installed your systems it is useless..( I have a box
> full off obselete cdroms, witch only polute the environment if I throw
> them out I have to pay for the disposal here because they are considered 
> corporate waste... go figure). So I only use cvs to upgrade. I would
> however have no problems donating to the project on a yearly basis as
> long as I recieve a invoice to keep my accountants happy ( they are a
> bunch off blood sucking creatures..but I like to keep them sweet).
> 
> Regards,
>  
> Michael C. Vergallen 
> ---
> Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, 
> Sportstraat 28			http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/
> B 9000 Gent			ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/
> Belgium				tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976
> 			
> On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Michael V. Harding wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I was a long-time subscriber, but had to drop out when the upgrades
> > started flying - I do a source code upgrade, and 2 releases a year was
> > OK, but I think I was getting 4 releases a year which was a bit steep.
> > Is there any way I can subscribe as a contributor, or as a donation -
> > support FreeBSD regularly w/o buying the media?  I wouldn't have a
> > problem kicking in, say, $50/yr.  Also, I have used FreeBSD at work -
> > I don't think that there would be a problem with having a 'support' or
> > maintenance fee per box, if it could be dialed to the appropriate
> > amount.
> > 
> > - Mike Harding
> > 
> >    Cc: Tommy Hallgren <thallgren@yahoo.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> >    Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:29:00 -0800
> >    From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
> >    Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> >    X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG
> >    Precedence: bulk
> >    X-RULES: lists
> > 
> >    > True.  Seems like the last one was mirrored to other FreeBSD dist sites
> >    > though (thank goodness!  As is wellknown, access to ftp.cdrom.com out here
> > 
> >    If it was, I didn't know of any.  I specifically stuck it in incoming/
> >    so that I wouldn't get shot by mirror sites wondering where 2.4GB of
> >    extra space suddenly went.
> > 
> >    > I wonder if WalnutCreek might consider a "FreeBSD Lite" version of each new
> >    > RELEASE which is just CD#1 for $5-10.  Being a Joe-user, that's all I ever
> > 
> >    I've asked this and they don't much like the idea since it makes it
> >    extremely hard to turn a profit at those sorts of margins.  FreeBSD is
> >    not enough of a "volume" product that you could make enough just on
> >    sheer quantity alone.  Frankly, we have no idea how Cheapbytes makes
> >    any money at $4.95.
> > 
> >    - Jordan
> > 
> > 
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