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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:31:37 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Brian Handy <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.0-RELEASE? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980303213120.438M-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <11806.888962618@time.cdrom.com>

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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > I think it depends.  Do you want to get money into the hands of FreeBSD
> > people or into the hands of Walnut Creek?  (Not to knock Walnut Creek.) 
> > I'm wondering if my $40 subscription would be better spent mailed in as a
> > donation.  If they buy $1500 in CD's, the FreeBSD project will get some
> > small fraction of that compared to buying *one* CD subscription and paying
> > the big bucks for it. 
> 
> I think the real question we need to answer here is:
> 
> 	Would people be willing to subscribe to a *different*
> 	subscription plan where a donation to FreeBSD, Inc was
> 	already factored in?

In a second.  Sign me up.

> 
> If the answer to this question is a significant yes, I'll push with
> Walnut Creek CDROM to set something up.
> 
> We are starting to get significant donations now and while we're still
> nowhere near the point where we could actually hire people with the
> funds available, that's definitely a goal of mine.
> 
> 					Jordan
> 
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