Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:13:02 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Michael Porter <ocean@wavefront.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shipment of v2.2.5 Message-ID: <199710230713.AAA28318@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Oct 1997 18:22:40 CDT." <344E8AC0.9413018F@wavefront.com>
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>came out, but hey, I'm excited) Speaking of Walnut Creak- do they make >money on the CD sales or does FreeBSD? Ok, I know that it doesn't cost >$30 to print and ship the CDs, so who's getting the profit? If it's >FreeBSD, then I have no problem with it, but if it's Walnut Creek, then >maybe someone else could print them so the profit goes to FreeBSD?? I >realize that Walnut Creek is doing us (FreeBSD users) quite a service, >and maybe this letter has no validity, but I just thought I'd bring it >up. The answer is that both WC and FreeBSD profit, sort of. Walnut Creek makes money on the CD's, but they also host our development machines (on their T1), advertise on our behalf, and contribute back in other ways (not the least of which are the salaries of a few people involved in FreeBSD). -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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