Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:27:33 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the talk about fbsd in linux and free cd's (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002251727160.13997-100000@hydrant.intranova.net>
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Forgot to CC the mailing list. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:26:48 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Lanny Baron <lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM> Subject: Re: the talk about fbsd in linux and free cd's FreeBSD is a project not a company, and I didn't ask for your company or what they do what FreeBSD. Whatever services you provide with/for FreeBSD is fine, but FreeBSD itself is non-profit. On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Lanny Baron wrote: > Did you know they are a for profit company? > > Lanny Baron > > http://freebsdsystems.com > > > On 25-Feb-00 Omachonu Ogali wrote: > > Do you understand the definition of a non-profit organization? > > > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Lanny Baron wrote: > > > >> I must be really stupid. Who in the corporate world cares if FreeBSD is > >> mentioned in a linux mag or article. As a business person, I look in trade > >> magazines and some computer magazines/papers. I will tell you this. In > >> this months Computer paper (Toronto edition) a 1/4 or just slightly larger > >> add from the University of Toronto, showing 4 versions of Linux at the > >> Bookstore at U of T. That IS what gets people buying. > >> > >> Now Jordan, you told the guy in mail here he should go ahead and get free > >> FreeBSD cd's made. Has anyone seen that Microsoft MAKES money? Not by > >> giving away cdroms for sure. It makes my blood boil to see this nonsense. > >> > >> Jordan, and anyone here connected with The FreeBSD Project, I only want to > >> see the organization succeed in all aspects. But the marketing in my eyes > >> is not good. Sorry for the criticism but that is how I see it. Jordan you > >> know what I am up too. And please dont spread it, but I will tell you the > >> marketing budget for 3 years is at well over 2 million dollars. > >> > >> I hope you dont burn free freebsd cdroms. It looks cheap, and people that > >> WANT quality expect it to cost. In their logical minds, it works something > >> like this. Well, lets see, the system the company sells out performs > >> others like NT and Novell and can keep pace with IBM AS 400's. Hmm..and > >> its free...nah how good can it be? Ahh..they will be out of business and > >> then we're stuck. > >> > >> Red Hat here costs at least $60.00 NT costs about 12 or 13 hundred. I > >> wonder who IS making money. I know who is NOT. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Lanny Baron > >> > >> http://ca.samba.org/samba/samba.html <--- official Canadian mirror > >> http://cybertouch.org <--- my sentimental ISP (which i dont advertise) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > >> > > > > -- > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > >| Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | > >| Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | > >| PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | > >| PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > Lanny Baron > ---------------------------------- > Date: 25-Feb-00 > Time: 17:11:31 > > Rule of Creative Research: > (1) Never draw what you can copy. > (2) Never copy what you can trace. > (3) Never trace what you can cut out and paste down. > > ---------------------------------- > -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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