From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 21:15:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE4116A420 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:15:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2A543D45 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:15:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED402083; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:15:04 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Learn: ham X-Spam-Score: -2.4/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on tim.des.no Received: from xps.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by tim.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05BB02081; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:15:04 +0100 (CET) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CE08933C4C; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:15:03 +0100 (CET) From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos References: <200602242015.k1OKFTRs005974@compaq.anjos.strangled.net> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:15:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200602242015.k1OKFTRs005974@compaq.anjos.strangled.net> (Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos's message of "Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:15:29 GMT") Message-ID: <86d5hco3vs.fsf@xps.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:15:10 -0000 Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav writes: > > The CD packing business funded FreeBSD development for years before > > the Internet killed it. > [...] > I keep my subscription since 1995, even though it's not ecological. > You seem to confirm my belief that the money I pay for my > subscription goes to FreeBSD development. I'm relieved. It depends where you buy it. > I didn't know FreeBSD development was killed. No, the CD packing business was. Walnut Creek CD-ROM spent a lot of money and time funding and promoting FreeBSD, which was their most profitable title for years. These days, however, it's faster and cheaper for most people to download and burn an ISO image than to order a CD from a packager. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no