Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 14:26:50 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Brian Handy <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0-RELEASE? Message-ID: <34FC83AA.2F1CF0FB@whistle.com> References: <11806.888962618@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > I think it depends. Do you want to get money into the hands of FreeBSD > > people or into the hands of Walnut Creek? (Not to knock Walnut Creek.) > > I'm wondering if my $40 subscription would be better spent mailed in as a > > donation. If they buy $1500 in CD's, the FreeBSD project will get some > > small fraction of that compared to buying *one* CD subscription and paying > > the big bucks for it. > > I think the real question we need to answer here is: > > Would people be willing to subscribe to a *different* > subscription plan where a donation to FreeBSD, Inc was > already factored in? I think that this is a better idea because thte cost of the visa transaction is already factored into the cost of the cdrom. I think that an option to donate some extra directly to the freebsd.org when you buy a cdrom would be a very easy way of allowing people to donate.. I don't know that it should be limited to subscriptions. > > If the answer to this question is a significant yes, I'll push with > Walnut Creek CDROM to set something up. > > We are starting to get significant donations now and while we're still > nowhere near the point where we could actually hire people with the > funds available, that's definitely a goal of mine. > > Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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