From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 10 17:58:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA00875 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 17:58:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fledge.watson.org (root@FLEDGE.RES.CMU.EDU [128.2.91.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA00796 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 17:58:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robert@cyrus.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (robert@fledge.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.3]) by fledge.watson.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA00192 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:58:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:58:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org Reply-To: Robert Watson To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[2]: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" In-Reply-To: <19980410011618.25209.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG (cross-posting and massive CC list trimmed) On 10 Apr 1998, Jason Nordwick wrote: > > Such is true. I am a "newish" FreeBSD user and SuSE Linux reseller. I > > see a ready market for free "low cost" software in college bookstores, > > particularly those universities that have computer engineering and > > comsci departments. Part of evangelism is marketing and market > > presence. Having this OS on display at universities will attract a > > young audience the very people that are evangelizing Linux. > > Frank > > > > Would it be possible to have the Walnut Creek CDs in computer/bookstores, > as I see the Linux CDs ? > > What would this take, just calling and marketing ? So, for example, I am currently an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University. If the FreeBSD CD-ROM was available for purchase at our computer store, I am sure people would by it + try it. Right now there is a far more active Linux community here, but there are a fair number of avid FreeBSD users and developers here :). Jordan, would it be possible to get a few promotional CD-ROMs sent to us here if I can pursuade our store to put it on the shelves? Just to see if they sell so they can decide if the program works for them. If not, I can always foot the bill :). When I get back to Pittsburgh next week, I'll stop by and ask. Robert N Watson ---- Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ Trusted Information Systems http://www.tis.com/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message