From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 3 18:32:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA28292 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:32:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA28275; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:32:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA05543; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:31:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 21:31:37 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@localhost To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Brian Handy , Luigi Rizzo , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0-RELEASE? In-Reply-To: <11806.888962618@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message