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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 1998 16:10:57 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, albast <albast@xs4all.nl>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.0-RELEASE?
Message-ID:  <19980303161057.26016@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199803031108.MAA22909@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Tue, Mar 03, 1998 at 12:08:58PM %2B0100
References:  <199803031215.NAA25335@xs2.xs4all.nl> <199803031108.MAA22909@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>

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On Tue, Mar 03, 1998 at 12:08:58PM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > > If the estimated number of users is correct, and each donated $10,
> > > there'd be a cool $5M to improve FreeBSD.
> 
> i thing these computation can be more realistic by asking WC how many
> copies of 2.2.5 RELEASE they have sold... 

I'm not certain I agree.  I'd donate more than $10, and I didn't buy
any 2.2.5 CD-ROMs.  I don't think $5M is realistic, but I think we
could get a significant amount raised that way - at close to no cost.

> (not to mention that i think some of the revenues for FreeBSD CDs
> already go into FreeBSD development...)

That's correct, AFAIK.

Eivind.

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