Thus spake Matthew Jacob
> > How would that work? How would you persuade computer assemblers to
> >give your "product registry" (whatever this is in the end) to their
> >customers? 
>  
> I wouldn't persuade anyone. I'd put it in one of the rc scripts.
> You install NetBSD, it will try and send some email back to netbsd.org.

You mean the install scripts, right?

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