From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 27 15: 0:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6BB315386 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 15:00:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from green@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.9.2/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA57855; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:59:44 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: janus.syracuse.net: green owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:59:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Rayson Ho , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Free BSDI CD! In-Reply-To: <3014.933096939@zippy.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > But we can install from a single downloaded boot floppy, over the > > Internet, which is better. > > 1. Irrelevant, since most people who want to try BSD/OS out probably > aren't concerned about how FreeBSD installs itself; they're > simply different products. That compete for the same market. > > 2. Incorrect, since we don't install off a single floppy either. Feh, depends on the floppy size. Anyway, we still install off two then :P > > In other words, "you lose, but thanks for playing and here's a copy of > our home game." My point was that it's not a very important thing to do to give out FreeBSD CDs like BSD/OS gives out trial versions of their wares. > > - Jordan > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@FreeBSD.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message