Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 23:48:23 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is 4.0 the next `to ship' from Walnut Creek? Message-ID: <24912.953538503@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Mar 2000 23:17:38 EST." <38D5A662.F6230787@confusion.net>
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Sorry, I guess I was wrong! I hate to be wrong about my own product line, but it looks like WC decided to send 4.0 out to the SNAP subscribers as a kind of stop-gap measure since they're only shipping the usual subscribers 3.5 and 4.1, when they come out. Hmmm. OK, seems reasonable to me. :-) - Jordan > Silly follow-up, to try and figure out why I'm so screwed up in the head > (you don't need to tell me, I already know it's true :). What does this > paragraph from http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd/bsd40offer.phtml > mean? > > "If you are a current FreeBSD Snapshot subscriber you will be getting > 4.0 at YOUR special discount rate and it WILL be sent to you > automatically as a thank you for being on the front-lines of > bug-checking etc. This offer however is only good for Current Snapshot > Subscribers and New Snapshot Subscribers who sign up before 4.0 is > released. After that you'll have to pay full price. If you are > interested in subscribing to the FreeBSD Snapshot, check out this page. > " > > > Probably being dumb and missing the point, > {I blame my immaturity} > Laurence > > "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > > > > If you've subscribed to the snapshots though, there's some exception, or > > > so I heard. Care to shed some light on this? (my reading of the web > > > page is that snap subscribers WILL get 4.0 by default, am I screwed up > > in the head?) > > > > I'd rather not answer that last question. :) Suffice it to say that > > snapshot customers are NOT getting 4.0. It's a mainstream release and > > those don't count as snapshots. > > > > - Jordan > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for > 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a > 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, > written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for > 1 bit of competition. > http://stuy.debate.net > icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 > The above email Copyright (C) 2000 Laurence Berland > All rights reserved To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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