From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 24 7:37:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from vinyl.sentex.ca (vinyl.sentex.ca [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF17415244 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:37:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from granite.sentex.net (granite-atm.sentex.ca [209.112.4.1]) by vinyl.sentex.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA38015; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:37:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simoeon (simeon.sentex.ca [209.112.4.47]) by granite.sentex.net (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA08032; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:37:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991124103548.01778c60@staff.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@staff.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:35:48 -0500 To: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca, stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: speaking of 3.4... In-Reply-To: <199911241506.HAA75693@cwsys.cwsent.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 07:06 AM 11/24/99 -0800, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: >Regarding the release schedule, does it really matter whether i'ts a >release every three months or ever four months. If it's that much of >an issue, skip every other release. IME, sometimes we have 3 releases >a year, other times 4. > >If you're a CDROM customer, it's only $24. $24 is not much to pay for >good software! If you can't afford $24, you need to focus on the real >problems in your life -- forget FreeBSD and work out your personal problems >out first! What I find perplexing about this thread is that a) nobody is forcing anyone to update to a new release x times a year. If you dont require any of the bug fixes or any of the new features, dont upgrade. b) If you are using FreeBSD in a production environment for your business, $24USD x 4 (or even x 10) a year is hardly a cost to worry about. As a percentage of your total cost, even $240 a year is zippo considering what your other costs are. We look at the subscription as a way to subsidize FreeBSD development. As we use the CDs less and less, we will probably drop our subscription and just contribute directly via http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/ which is a great idea.... Now, where did that company credit card go :-) ---Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message