Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 07:26:27 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there a "how did you hear about us?" form on www.freebsd.org? Message-ID: <36FB9913.D64CF866@thuntek.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903250959490.18329-100000@o-o.org> <36FA6934.8F97D4A1@thuntek.net> <36FAD8AE.7008CE38@softweyr.com> <36FB2807.8CA0E809@thuntek.net> <36FB30AF.557ECB4B@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > > Donald Wilde wrote: > > > > Wes Peters wrote: > > > > > > Donald Wilde wrote: > > > > > > > > Licia wrote: > > > > > > > > > > where it could be used to induce vendors to recognize FreeBSD? (i.e. 'label > > > > > your product as FreeBSD Compatible/whatever and we can give you a small > > > > > banner, for x number of views?' Please no flames, I know people hate banners, > > > > > > Licia, flames only mean that you're making people think. ;^) > > > > > > I don't hate banners as long as they download in a reasonably small time. > > > This might actually come true, now that USWest and TCI are racing to see > > > who gets to my house first, with DSL or Cable Modem support... > > > > Sure, you're rich. > > Hardly. I pay $28/month for a second phone line now. @Home is only $35/month > and DSL $39/month. The cost just isn't that much greater, even though the > bandwidth is. Especially considering my current (56K analong modem) bandwidth > is shared with 4 adults and 5 children. > The perception on their part is that you'll wire into their advertising machines and spend money elsewhere. > > > We had originally discussed an entire web section for branded products, > > > with click-through to their site(s), to cross-advertise the availability > > > of FreeBSD branded products. We would offer this page as a target for > > > their products sites as well. I imagine FreeBSD Mall will be very > > > interested in carrying commercial products that are FreeBSD branded as > > > well, if suitable financial arrangements can be agreed upon. > > > > > This is an area where Christopher and we shall cross-link. Advertising > > compliance is our business, selling them is his. We _will_ implement the > > revamped gallery, Wes. The more we support our supporters the more they > > will _help_ us. > > Yeah, that's the way it's supposed to work. It can't hope to work until > we get our end propped up. > Thassa my job, Wes. =8-) > Jason Wells was pretty interested in this, too. I surpised we haven't > heard from him; I wonder if he dropped out of -advocacy? Jason? > Yeah, we lost a _lot_ of good people over the last year. I'm sure there a lot who will be glad to come back once we start actually doing something, but time will tell. I'm really glad the major noise factor removed himself (Gawd, what a tearful exit!!!) from -advocacy. MHO is that the fact that he couldn't even read and follow the majordomo unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the page shows there was never any hope of real code contributions on any level from him, as good as he was as a wordsmith. I was about to suggest we make this a moderated list, even just deleting those indestructible threads takes time! -- Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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