Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:07:40 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Unfurl <unfurl@dub.net> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is there a reseller program? Message-ID: <19990203210740.A18995@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <19990204120129.Y1179@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 12:01:29PM %2B1030 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902021318050.7988-100000@o-o.org> <XFMail.990203093210.nicole@nmhtech.com> <19990203133655.C16919@mooseriver.com> <19990203135254.A13235@dub.net> <19990204120129.Y1179@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 12:01:29PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 3 February 1999 at 13:52:55 -0800, Unfurl wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 01:36:55PM -0800, Josef Grosch wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 09:32:10AM -0800, Nicole Harrington wrote: > >> I agree. A nice box product looks like a "legitimate" product. At one point > >> several years ago Walnut Creek was shipping just such a package for > >> FreeBSD. I found several Barnes & Nobles in Chicago carrying this. Can't > >> say what happened to it. Walnut Creek should bring back the box package to > >> augment their product line. It should look like, (digging in my box of > >> microsludge software), Eudora Pro. Lets see.... we have a "quick start > >> guide", an eudora pro cdrom, a technical support information paper with all > >> sorts of important numbers (I secretly think they are just random numbers), > >> an advertisement for cvideo-mail, "Attach full motion video and sound to > >> your e-mail" ugh!, a manul, and a registration card. > > > > I have never seen this package but that sounds liek a great idea. I > > think that because many of the Linux distros have this kind of packaging > > they are more able to sell products in place like B&n or Borders. > > I don't really see why this should be so, at least if the book is > included. I've seen the things on sale at Borders, and they're mainly > books. > > >> Now, I can hear Jordan chanting his mantra, "great, send me the diffs", but > >> we have all this stuff. It would just take a marketing person a few weeks to > >> whip this into a nice spiffy product. The only stumbling block is our old > >> problem, the manual. We could package Greg Leheys' book without the freaking > >> man pages. > > > > No cut on Greg, but this would be quite welcome. > > OK, one more time: > > The man pages are going away. > > Amusingly, they came in in the first edition (which was really the > second edition) in order to make the box feel heavier :-) > > >> In reality we do need another FreeBSD book. Greg can't be > >> carrying the whole load for us. > > Agreed. We need several books. I want everyone to understand, I meant no slam toward Greg. He has done a bang-up job for us. Greg knows I am a fan of his work. I own every book he has written except "The history of the Bassoon". Sorry, Greg. No one here in Berkeley seems to carry it. ;-) I just meant that we need more FreeBSD books. I'd write one if I could find the time. I once suggested to Tim O'Reilly that he do a FreeBSD in a Nutshell. That would be a good start for someone. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.0 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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