From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Mar 26 13:10:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.thuntek.net (srv1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 524DC1532E for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:10:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwilde1@thuntek.net) Received: from thuntek.net (abq-139.thuntek.net [207.66.52.139]) by srv1.thuntek.net (8.9.1/8.6.12TNT1.0) with ESMTP id OAA15335; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:10:02 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <36FBF791.348AAAC7@thuntek.net> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:09:37 -0700 From: Donald Wilde X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Licia Cc: Zippy , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there a "how did you hear about us?" form on www.freebsd.org? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Licia wrote: > > This sounds like a good idea but personally, I worry about the expense... if > each premium were to cost 10 cents, and there were 200,000 registrations, then > -just- the cost of the premiums would run $20,000... and I have a feeling > there are a bit more than 200,000 people out there using FreeBSD ;) > Yes, but the visibility of knowing that we have 200,000 CONFIRMED users would drive enough vendors to our doorstep to double it... and so on. > On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Zippy wrote: > > I'm probably gonna get flamed for this, too, but it just means I'm causing > > people to think, right? :) > > > > One thing that I've noticed about product registrations: people are more > > likely to DO it if there's an incentive. 3Com did it with their Palm > > Pilots; if you registered, you got a gift. Would it be possible to do the > > same thing with FreeBSD? > > > > Things I'm thinking might work: a sticker or two (if we want really > > low-cost incentives), the next release at a discount, etc. I'm thinking > > that there could be a registration postcard in the WC distribution, and > > there could be a notice at the installation as well. > > > > If we were to go with the discounted future release, this may have an > > overall POSITIVE effect: those customers who register after *downloading* > > the install might be more likely to PAY for the discounted next release > > ("hey, it's cheaper, it's a one-time deal, and I like having the CD's!"), > > thereby adding to WC's sales. > > > > Of course, there are downsides: the obvious cost of hte incentive, and the > > hidden costs: we'd need people to enter in registration information that > > came via snail-mail, database maintainers, etc. > > > > Just something to think about... > > > > SB > -- Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message