From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 3 13:54:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA29887 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:54:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from toxic.magnesium.net (toxic.magnesium.net [204.188.6.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA29877 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:54:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from unfurl@toxic.magnesium.net) Received: (qmail 15739 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Feb 1999 21:52:55 -0000 Date: 3 Feb 1999 13:52:55 -0800 Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:52:55 -0800 From: Unfurl To: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Is there a reseller program? Message-ID: <19990203135254.A13235@dub.net> References: <19990203133655.C16919@mooseriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990203133655.C16919@mooseriver.com>; from Josef Grosch on Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 01:36:55PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- unfurl@dub.net - This is a munition. Fight Back! #!/bin/perl -sp0777i