From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 27 15:30:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C3337B423; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:30:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id f3RMUaW10678; Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:30:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:30:35 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Dennis Cc: Mark Sergeant , Julian Elischer , obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: this thread is offtopic (was Re: BSDI and Marketing 101) Message-ID: <20010427153033.I18676@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <3AE8F9F8.72FF174F@elischer.org> <5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20010426195703.03222e50@mail.etinc.com> <3AE8F9F8.72FF174F@elischer.org> <200104270506.f3R565X02949@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> <5.0.2.1.0.20010427174630.031a1450@mail.etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010427174630.031a1450@mail.etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 05:50:01PM -0400 X-all-your-base: are belong to us. Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Dennis [010427 15:27] wrote: > At 01:06 AM 04/27/2001, Mark Sergeant wrote: > >Then again you could also download an iso of 4.3 for free, go to BSD Mall and > >get a 4 CD set for 39.95 etc. The thing you pay for when you are buying these > >box sets is usually the manual, some also include a certain amount of > >telephone > >support etc. So while one may be 29.95 and the other another 100 dollars more > >you may not get a book / as good a book with the 29.95 version. Also you > >may or > >may not get phone support etc with the one you pay 100 for, I know many > >companies that would pay 129.95 for an OS that you get a book, support n cd's > >for, hell I know companies that buy Windows 98 / 2000 :P > > I guess you missed the POINT, which was that mandrake was selling the same > LINUX functionality for < $30.??? You dont get your foot in the door for > $129. All you get is a return from the bookstore in 6 months. This doesn't belong on -hackers. Please take this discussion elsewhere. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [alfred@freebsd.org] Represent yourself, show up at BABUG http://www.babug.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message