Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 22:46:25 -0800 (PST) From: kline@tao.thought.org (Gary D. Kline) To: scrappy@hub.org (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, questions@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What ever happened to... ? Message-ID: <m0tPOTp-0001QzC@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951211231655.222C-100000@hub.org> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Dec 11, 95 11:42:21 pm
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According to Marc G. Fournier: > > On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > 1. The "BSD Consortium" or whatever proposed awhile back. Everyone > > > was so eager to donate $$$, but then it just died. > > > > I have no idea, though I've finally provided details on donating to > > FreeBSD itself for those interested, see: > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/submitters.html > > > > (it's also chapter 17 of the handbook). > > > > I haven't collected enough to buy so much as a disk drive yet, but > > hope springs eternal. There are about 3-4 developers who could really > > use development systems, and I'd certainly like to build them ones. > > > [...] > > For instance...someone here mentioned something about t-shirts > and whatnot? That was the first I've ever heard about it, and the > last. I'd go for a coffee mug with the BSD Kirk's daemon on it ((and be sure to avoid the environs around Dallas!)); or a tee- or a sweatshirt. But then you're getting into business, which I've learned the hard way, is _way_ over my head... . In April, '94 I saw the first issue of a small magazine on Linux. Chances are that it did not survive, but if it did, why not join up with them. Together the *BSD world and the Linuxers are probably 1% of the market. Separately? *ouch*. > Or, how about a list of what is required, and approx. costs > for it. Break it down according to some sort of "development group". > > Then, individuals could support those aspects that are > important to them. > > Personally, if proper accounting procedures were put into > place so that one were kept informed abotu how much money came in, > and how much went to different projects, I'd be willing to "pay for > support" in the way of development on the OS. > > *shrug* I don't know...how many ppl out there know enough to > help Terry out with continuing the SMP development, but can't afford > the hardware, or don't personally need it? > > Or, hey, here's one...who makes up the FreeBSD CDroms? how > much does it cost to make them? how much of a markup do "resellers" > put on them? how hard would it be to setup a network of "distributors" > that are associated with "the Project" who basically keeps a limited > stock of the CDroms available for resale, with "all profits going back > to the Project"? Better yet, what would it take to make a CDrom > distribution "in house" so that you could offer up to date > distributions? > > And *takes deep breath* finally, how many ppl are using > FreeBSD right now? Does anyone have any statistics on it? I'd like to have a rough idea, too. My SWAG is that it's about the same as the number of computer users who are in the upper 0.5 percentile. > > -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public access uNix
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