From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 23 00:10:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA04604 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:10:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA04598 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:10:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA28318; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:13:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199710230713.AAA28318@implode.root.com> To: Michael Porter cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shipment of v2.2.5 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Oct 1997 18:22:40 CDT." <344E8AC0.9413018F@wavefront.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:13:02 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >came out, but hey, I'm excited) Speaking of Walnut Creak- do they make >money on the CD sales or does FreeBSD? Ok, I know that it doesn't cost >$30 to print and ship the CDs, so who's getting the profit? If it's >FreeBSD, then I have no problem with it, but if it's Walnut Creek, then >maybe someone else could print them so the profit goes to FreeBSD?? I >realize that Walnut Creek is doing us (FreeBSD users) quite a service, >and maybe this letter has no validity, but I just thought I'd bring it >up. The answer is that both WC and FreeBSD profit, sort of. Walnut Creek makes money on the CD's, but they also host our development machines (on their T1), advertise on our behalf, and contribute back in other ways (not the least of which are the salaries of a few people involved in FreeBSD). -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project