Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:15:03 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <miguel@anjos.strangled.net> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell Message-ID: <86d5hco3vs.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <200602242015.k1OKFTRs005974@compaq.anjos.strangled.net> (Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos's message of "Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:15:29 GMT") References: <200602242015.k1OKFTRs005974@compaq.anjos.strangled.net>
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Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <miguel@anjos.strangled.net> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > The CD packing business funded FreeBSD development for years before > > the Internet killed it. > [...] > I keep my subscription since 1995, even though it's not ecological. > You seem to confirm my belief that the money I pay for my > subscription goes to FreeBSD development. I'm relieved. It depends where you buy it. > I didn't know FreeBSD development was killed. No, the CD packing business was. Walnut Creek CD-ROM spent a lot of money and time funding and promoting FreeBSD, which was their most profitable title for years. These days, however, it's faster and cheaper for most people to download and burn an ISO image than to order a CD from a packager. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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