Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 16:35:21 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: kuehl@lgk.de, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, mellon@pobox.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux as a Mozilla total reference platform Message-ID: <199805102235.QAA23782@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980510234058.kuehl@lgk.de>
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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? --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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