From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Feb 19 9:16:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from icicle.winternet.com (icicle.winternet.com [198.174.169.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D241B11830; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:16:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrahlstr@mail.winternet.com) Received: (from adm@localhost) by icicle.winternet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA22984; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:10:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from tundra.winternet.com(198.174.169.11) by icicle.winternet.com via smap (V2.0) id xma022944; Fri, 19 Feb 99 11:10:08 -0600 Received: (from nrahlstr@localhost) by tundra.winternet.com (8.8.7/8.8.4) id LAA12957; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:10:52 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19990219111052.E11830@winternet.com> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:10:52 -0600 From: Nathan Ahlstrom To: "Michael C. Vergallen" , "Michael V. Harding" Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Donations to the FreeBSD project [Was: Re: 3.1R ISO CD Image ??] Reply-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199902191334.FAA62213@netcom1.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Michael C. Vergallen on Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 03:11:10PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Moving this discussion to freebsd-chat.] Making a donation is a great idea. You can do that a number of ways. Contact Walnut Creek via any of the ways below and tell them that you would like to donate money to the FreeBSD project. Note: I could not find a web page for making a donation? Thanks! Nathan Ordering information from http://www.cdrom.com/info/order.htm Phone (800) 786.9907 (925) 674.0783 (Open 06:00-18:00 PST Monday-Friday) Fax (925) 674.0821 Email orders@cdrom.com Postal Mail Walnut Creek CDROM 4041 Pike Lane, Suite F Concord, CA 94520-1207 U.S.A. "Michael C. Vergallen" wrote: > Hi, > I do think your idea is good, I use FreeBSD here at the office and I > wouldn't mind donating some money to the project ( 100 to 150 USD) for > me this is 30 USD for each machine. I don't purchase cdroms by principle > because ones you have installed your systems it is useless..( I have a box > full off obselete cdroms, witch only polute the environment if I throw > them out I have to pay for the disposal here because they are considered > corporate waste... go figure). So I only use cvs to upgrade. I would > however have no problems donating to the project on a yearly basis as > long as I recieve a invoice to keep my accountants happy ( they are a > bunch off blood sucking creatures..but I like to keep them sweet). > > Regards, > > Michael C. Vergallen > --- > Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, > Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ > B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ > Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 > > On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Michael V. Harding wrote: > > > > > I was a long-time subscriber, but had to drop out when the upgrades > > started flying - I do a source code upgrade, and 2 releases a year was > > OK, but I think I was getting 4 releases a year which was a bit steep. > > Is there any way I can subscribe as a contributor, or as a donation - > > support FreeBSD regularly w/o buying the media? I wouldn't have a > > problem kicking in, say, $50/yr. Also, I have used FreeBSD at work - > > I don't think that there would be a problem with having a 'support' or > > maintenance fee per box, if it could be dialed to the appropriate > > amount. > > > > - Mike Harding > > > > Cc: Tommy Hallgren , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:29:00 -0800 > > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Precedence: bulk > > X-RULES: lists > > > > > True. Seems like the last one was mirrored to other FreeBSD dist sites > > > though (thank goodness! As is wellknown, access to ftp.cdrom.com out here > > > > If it was, I didn't know of any. I specifically stuck it in incoming/ > > so that I wouldn't get shot by mirror sites wondering where 2.4GB of > > extra space suddenly went. > > > > > I wonder if WalnutCreek might consider a "FreeBSD Lite" version of each new > > > RELEASE which is just CD#1 for $5-10. Being a Joe-user, that's all I ever > > > > I've asked this and they don't much like the idea since it makes it > > extremely hard to turn a profit at those sorts of margins. FreeBSD is > > not enough of a "volume" product that you could make enough just on > > sheer quantity alone. Frankly, we have no idea how Cheapbytes makes > > any money at $4.95. > > > > - Jordan > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Nathan Ahlstrom nrahlstr@winternet.com http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message