From owner-freebsd-chat Mon May 11 01:11:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA01716 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 11 May 1998 01:11:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from main_sd1.artnetonline.com ([194.122.116.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA01699 for ; Mon, 11 May 1998 01:11:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kuehl@lgk.de) Received: from di24hh.bonline.net (di24hh.bonline.net [194.75.27.152]) by main_sd1.artnetonline.com (NTMail 3.03.0013/1.abqk) with ESMTP id fa309431 for ; Mon, 11 May 1998 10:11:09 +0200 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199805102235.QAA23782@lariat.lariat.org> Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 10:12:37 +0200 (CEST) Reply-To: kuehl@lgk.de From: Lars Gerhard Kuehl To: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Linux as a Mozilla total reference platform Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, mellon@pobox.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 10-May-98 Brett Glass wrote: > At 11:40 PM 5/10/98 +0200, Lars Gerhard Kuehl wrote: > >>What the product FreeBSD would need is: >> >> I. Advertisement. In particular advertisement by commercial >> suppliers and supporters. It's much more persuading (and that's >> what's needed) to say "I rely on selling FreeBSD" than on >> "I rely on the product FreBSD". In Germany Suse and Delix >> realise the most efficient Linux promotion. FreeBSD needs >> the same. (I actually considered to found something like >> "Fuse".) >> >> II. The support for FreeBSD needs an organisational frame with name. >> "FreeBSD Competence Centres" or "FreeBSD Solution Providers" >> were very helpful (for the product :). > > This takes money. Right now, Walnut Creek is the only seller of FreeBSD > disks and hence the only profit-making venture from which much money > could come. > > So, this begs the questions: Would Walnut Creek be willing to sell > CD-ROMs in bulk to a second vendor which might plow money back into > advertising? Or -- how much would it "rock the boat" if another > vendor began pressing CDs? That depends on its contents. A CD-ROM with unbundled, non-free software plus installation support and an option for (paid) consultation couldn't hurt WC and would please the customer. Lars /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Ph: +49 40 54768010 Lars Gerhard Kuehl Fx: +49 40 54768012 Mo: +49 171 9307085 EDV-Beratung Em: kuehl@lgk.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message