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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:52:55 -0800
From:      Unfurl <unfurl@dub.net>
To:        FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Is there a reseller program?
Message-ID:  <19990203135254.A13235@dub.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990203133655.C16919@mooseriver.com>; from Josef Grosch on Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 01:36:55PM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902021318050.7988-100000@o-o.org> <XFMail.990203093210.nicole@nmhtech.com> <19990203133655.C16919@mooseriver.com>

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On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 01:36:55PM -0800, Josef Grosch wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 09:32:10AM -0800, Nicole Harrington wrote:
> I agree. A nice box product looks like a "legitimate" product. At one point
> several years ago Walnut Creek was shipping just such a package for
> FreeBSD. I found several Barnes & Nobles in Chicago carrying this. Can't
> say what happened to it. Walnut Creek should bring back the box package to
> augment their product line. It should look like, (digging in my box of
> microsludge software), Eudora Pro. Lets see.... we have a "quick start
> guide", an eudora pro cdrom, a technical support information paper with all
> sorts of important numbers (I secretly think they are just random numbers),
> an advertisement for cvideo-mail, "Attach full motion video and sound to
> your e-mail" ugh!, a manul, and a registration card.

I have never seen this package but that sounds liek a great idea. I
think that because many of the Linux distros have this kind of packaging
they are more able to sell products in place like B&n or Borders.

> Now, I can hear Jordan chanting his mantra, "great, send me the diffs", but
> we have all this stuff. It would just take a marketing person a few weeks to
> whip this into a nice spiffy product. The only stumbling block is our old
> problem, the manual. We could package Greg Leheys' book without the freaking
> man pages. 

No cut on Greg, but this would be quite welcome. I like and use the
front half of my book. I never use and frequently curse the dead weight
of the man pages. I can see their value to the first time installer but
I would rather have a slimmer, cheaper book made up of just the first
half.

> In reality we do need another FreeBSD book. Greg can't be
> carrying the whole load for us. 
> 
> 
> My $0.02

My $0.015

-Bill

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