Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:18:04 -0700 From: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsd.org> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [Fwd: OSDisc.com donating 10% to FreeBSD Foundation] Message-ID: <20030923021804.GC792@freebsdmall.com> In-Reply-To: <20030922200926.GD8058@freebsdmall.com> References: <3F6DCCF1.9020304@tenebras.com> <20030922141324.GA22279@submonkey.net> <20030922200926.GD8058@freebsdmall.com>
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--a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:09:26PM -0700, Murray Stokely wrote: > We have tens of other vendors that have been supporting FreeBSD for > much longer and have more established track records. It wouldn't be a > pretty sight if every vendor spammed our technical lists like this. > 10% of $5 is completely insignificant and only if the spamming is > wildly successful will it even amount to enough to fund a few hours of > a FreeBSD developer's time. Actually, I misread the email. He didn't offer to donate 10% of revenue, but 10% of profits. Assuming he is running a profitable company (which I doubt), then we can assume something like a 3% profit margin. 10% of 3% of $5 is 1.5 cents. Of course, you can get rid of any profits in a small company by just paying out bonuses or other compensation, but if you're a really optimistic person, you can buy from OSDisc and hope that 1 cent will go to the foundation for your purchase. No thanks. ;( - Murray --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/b61ctNcQog5FH30RAnIhAKCdRmYNwrU+fGOpJxpH7MUecMOB4QCgo9qM tDAjwSAVzFRcRHaHcZjoIig= =kHq4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C--
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