From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 26 16:40:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from et-gw.etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86B4637B423 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:40:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by et-gw.etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA00538 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:41:10 GMT (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:03:47 -0400 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Dennis Subject: BSDI and Marketing 101 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I saw BSDIs retail product of FreeBSD in a local bookstore the other day, and it became sadly clear why LINUX, although highly inferior, is so much more widely used. Right next to Freebsd (priced at $129.95) was Mandrake LINUX for $29.95. What they dont seem to realize is that people who know its worth more than linux also know they dont have to pay $129. for free software with fancy packaging and paid support. Of course they are building systems now...... db To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message