From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 5 17:07:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1750C16A419 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from supernews.unixathome.org (supernews.unixathome.org [216.168.29.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F195113C459 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:07:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by supernews.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58F541703B; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:07:02 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at unixathome.org Received: from supernews.unixathome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (supernews.unixathome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id saGxI3J3+7Lq; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:06:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [76.110.86.209]) by supernews.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F4D81703A; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:06:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.55.0.99] (wocker.unixathome.org [10.55.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F16AB887; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:59:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Langille" To: deeptech71@gmail.com Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:06:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <46DEA9C8.8513.3D5DEF39@dan.langille.org> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <46DEDCD8.3020605@gmail.com> References: <46DBF48E.7030806@gmail.com>, <46DDA898.31626.39714C46@dan.langille.org>, <46DEDCD8.3020605@gmail.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.41) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsdmall.com prices X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:07:18 -0000 On 5 Sep 2007 at 18:44, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > Matt Olander wrote: > > In fact, one of the core team members, Murray Stokely, is on the FreeBSD > > Mall payroll. Also, in the past few months alone, we've donated over > > $20k USD in modern server hardware for FreeBSD development, made > > possible in part due to the revenue generated by the mall. The FreeBSD > > Mall also provides us with merchandise that we use to promote FreeBSD at > > trade shows that we attend at a cost of several thousand dollars per show. > > > > I think the $40 dollars for the professionally packaged 4 CD set is not > > only an inexpensive investment for a little piece of internet history > > for each FreeBSD release, but it is also a tremendous help offsetting a > > portion of the costs for our advocacy and hardware support efforts for > > the FreeBSD Project. > > Hi Matt, I'm wondering how many people are behind the Mall, what the order > statistics are, and how much the income is. If the Mall is just a secondary job, > and you donate a considerable excess amount, then I have to respect, but also > criticize that. Frankly, I think that's none of your business. Why do you consider the inner workings of a private business should be public knowledge? -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ Available for hire: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php