From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 29 04:52:02 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1568AF7 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:52:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-bn1blp0190.outbound.protection.outlook.com [207.46.163.190]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mail.protection.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0C00FE5 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:52:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from CH1PRD0310HT005.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (10.255.137.40) by BL2PR03MB452.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (10.141.92.21) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.921.12; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:51:54 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.21] (98.240.141.71) by pod51008.outlook.com (10.255.137.40) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.16.453.0; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:51:53 +0000 Message-ID: <535F2FE6.60407@my.hennepintech.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:51:50 -0500 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: CD/DVD vs Donation to FBSD Foundation References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [98.240.141.71] X-Forefront-PRVS: 0196A226D1 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10009001)(6009001)(428001)(199002)(189002)(51704005)(24454002)(50466002)(74502001)(20776003)(31966008)(50986999)(76176999)(54356999)(87936001)(81542001)(77982001)(75432001)(4396001)(77096999)(64126003)(47776003)(76482001)(65806001)(86362001)(80976001)(81342001)(79102001)(33656001)(23676002)(80022001)(66066001)(83072002)(65816999)(92726001)(85852003)(99396002)(83322001)(92566001)(65956001)(101416001)(46102001); DIR:OUT; SFP:1101; SCL:1; SRVR:BL2PR03MB452; H:CH1PRD0310HT005.namprd03.prod.outlook.com; FPR:3CC6F31F.AC125D01.BFDA80AF.4CD29AF9.20180; MLV:sfv; PTR:InfoNoRecords; A:0; MX:1; LANG:en; Received-SPF: None (: my.HennepinTech.edu does not designate permitted sender hosts) X-OriginatorOrg: my.hennepintech.edu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:52:02 -0000 On 2014.04.28 22:36, JJ Jumpercables wrote: > I guess this is a stupid question, but I was just curious for peoples > opinions really... > > As a FreeBSD user (without much disposable income) who'd like to > contribute a little to the project, do you go for the CD set and > stickers from FreeBSD Mall or do you donate the equivalent amount to > the Foundation directly? Swag! Sure, some of the money has to go toward the items and shipping, but you get something to show off, and you feel like you actually get something back. Direct contributions do certainly help, but it's hard to see how your donation helps (unless you donate a very large amount of money).