Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:03:15 -0600 (CST) From: chris@i13i.com To: "Patrick Tracanelli" <eksffa@freebsdbrasil.com.br> Cc: sales@linuxiso.co.uk, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD Distributor Listing - Linuxiso.co.uk Message-ID: <18179.212.39.168.67.1140660195.squirrel@webmail.i13i.com> In-Reply-To: <43FCFE50.7060200@freebsdbrasil.com.br> References: <20060222214251.piwsfg0j456ow8gc@webmail.linuxiso.co.uk> <54246.212.39.168.67.1140649204.squirrel@webmail.i13i.com> <43FCFE50.7060200@freebsdbrasil.com.br>
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The only problem was he asked on the Doc mailing list not the questions mailing list. As they had no bussiness sending these types of emails to a list which is mainly for Doc updates and such. Regards, Chris > chris@i13i.com wrote: >> Hello, >> why not try freebsd-questions instead of the document project mailing >> lists and also if you are a Linux reseller why would it involve us ? Try >> getting your act together before asking to be added to a web site. >> >> Regards, >> Chris >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>We are a UK based Linux reseller and were wondering if we could be added >>>to your >>>vendor listings. Linuxiso.co.uk continues to donate to the Linux >>> community >>>via >>>Distrowatch who make monthly donations pooled from resellers and >>>companies. Our >>>donations have been made to Mplayer, Amarok, Kanotix and the Cacti >>>project to >>>name a few. >>> >>>Our details can be found below: >>> >>>Linuxiso.co.uk > > Hey, no need to be angry, I guess. If one take a few seconds will notice > that the mentioned Web site sells FreeBSD along with other BSD systems > > http://www.linuxiso.co.uk/category_BSD_Distributions.html > > and also, a lot of Linux distros too. > > This reseller profile is just like the average of the profiles listed at > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html > > Which lists a number of other sites that sells FreeBSD, other BSDs and a > lot of Linux. Some of them even treat FreeBSD as a "Linux Distro" under > their menus, and are still listed anyway. > > More. They state they make monthly donations to great software > develoment such as mplayer and cacti (sorry I dont run the others, so I > just dont know if they are that great hehe). > > Would one day FreeBSD Project or BSD Certification efforts be target for > their donations? I dont know, hope so. Anyway direct funding great 3rd > party software which runs so nicely under BSD is still great. > > I believe the guy asked in such a very polite and direct way how to get > listed somewhere. I think he has shown the credentials. If they are > enought or not, I have no idea. Anyway here seems to be the right place > and the mentioned Web site is not different from many of the ones > already listed. > > Hey Ed guy usually the path to follow is do yourself the changes you > would like to see in the correspondent sgml file and take a diff between > your midified version and the most recent one, sending it as a proposed > patch via send-pr(1), with a description (just like the one you sent > here) and follow the status of your PR in the Web site. Or, if you are > lucky, find someone to sgml it for you in this list. I suggest you try > the first approach first =) > > -- > Patrick Tracanelli > > (31) 3281-9633 / 3281-3547 > 316601@sip.freebsdbrasil.com.br > "Long live Hanin Elias, Kim Deal!" > >
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