From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 24 21:18:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA04200 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 21:18:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ntserver.servcom.com (ntserver.servcom.com [209.165.170.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA04195 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 21:18:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spiess@servcom.com) Received: from cryo ([152.171.45.194]) by ntserver.servcom.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO205e ID# 0-39206U2500L250S0) with SMTP id AAA283 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 20:17:06 -0900 Message-ID: <000201be2fc5$e3132ca0$c22dab98@cryo> From: "Scott Spies" To: Subject: Re: How free is free? Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:48:38 -0900 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thank you all for the vast array of answers, ranging from perfectly intelligent in content, to flame. My question wasn't an attack. It was just a legitimate concern. I know nobody's going to give away free CDs. I also know there are things such as advertising, etc. involved. I had only wondered why such a high price on a convenience item, and you all answered my question rather thoroughly. I don't think this warranted a response such as: <> Thank you for the quick answer, and Merry Christmas. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message