From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 27 9: 5:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D04B215391 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 09:05:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3/Kp) with ESMTP id RAA88402; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:05:24 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <379DD8C2.DF9772D7@tdx.co.uk> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:05:22 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Ames Cc: LutzRab@omc.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Project looking for a switch References: <199907271522.KAA31267@ns1.cioe.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [this has been cc'd to -chat - which I think/hope is more appropriate] Steve Ames wrote: > I thought subscribing to the CDs _IS_ a form of donation... since most > of us really have no need of CDs really, just something tangeble to > show to our bosses and controllers. I've convinced my company to subscribe > to every version of FreeBSD for the last couple of years. Subscribed to > snapshots when they were available. I'd guess they get a higher %age of the money from just the 'donate' button, but at the same time - if you get something thats more sellable to managers etc. - and a usefull copy of FreeBSD, you can't complain :) > Its hard to convince the corporate types to _donate_. Yes, I've hit the same problem here... What would be good / interesting is to have some feedback from this... I myself have been to the donate page (I'm trying to pursuade my employer to :) - But it would be good form a 'feel good factor' to hear when they actually get enough cash to get the switch... I guess this could easily get out of hand though - i.e. we don't want people suddenly demanding detailed expenditure reports, or precise details of "where my money" went... :( -Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message