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Date:      Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:28:57 -0600
From:      Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
Cc:        chrisc@vmunix.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral
Message-ID:  <3B45F559.71DE08E8@Silver-Lynx.com>
References:  <20010706020341B.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107061124480.58715-100000@vnode.vmunix.com> <20010706095512T.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>

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Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> 
> From: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com>
>
> > Daemon News is still very interested in becoming the official FreeBSD CD
> > vendor.  I think a qualification of being an official vendor is donating a
> > portion back to the project. The FreeBSD foundation needs to be funded.
> 
> I think that's perhaps _a_ qualification, but from the end-user
> perspective (and that's really what this thread is essentially about)
> I think good customer service will count for a lot more. :) Only time
> will tell about that, so I guess the question is whether or not Daemon
> News wants to start replicating its own CDs come 4.4?
> 
Given the lack of response from either WR or BSDCentral to my complaint
about the FreeBSD Desktop I just received, I think it is critical that
we establish an independent CD channel outside of WR's control. I have
always had great service when I (and people I have recommended it to)
have bought from DNMall. Bluntly, much better service than WC, even
before all these mergers/buyouts. My subscriptions were trashed several
times and it was always my fault even when it wasn't.

I don't think we should ever have "the" official FreeBSD CD vendor, but
I support Chris as someone separate from WR. Of course, now that
O'Reilly's touting him as their 'open source editor', I worry about the
little penguin beak his nose is turning into.... ;-)
-- 
Don Wilde           http://www.Silver-Lynx.com
Silver Lynx   Embedded Microsystems Architects
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