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From: Markus Illenseer <markus@core.de>
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Subject: Re: Export NetBSD CDs
In-Reply-To: <199810112041.QAA18973@toad.rmkhome.com> from Rick Kelly at "Oct 11, 98 04:41:14 pm"
To: rmk@toad.rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 23:15:04 +0200 (CEST)
Cc: netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org
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> There needs to be an organization that sells NetBSD "stuff", and
> is also able to kick back money to the NetBSD Foundation for
> future development.

 I do not see any need for this kind of organisation. I only partially
agree that selling "stuff" should kick back money. But this discussion
was started on another issue.

> I'm willing to be the web storefront for such an endeavor. I have
> another domain, tencats.com, which is on a leased line and could
> easily support such a business. I would need help from those who know
> how to set up shopping cart, credit card acceptance and all that other
> boring stuff.

 I do not get the idea of that web storefront. Who is creating the
CD-ROM, is making, taking the risc, packaging and shipping it?
Whoever wants to sell NetBSD-related stuff can do so, no? Hey,
I sell stuffed daemons, if you want me doing so! :-)

 Regarding Gateway! CD's http://www.schatztruhe.de/ is doing well 
already.

 (My own domain "core.de" would fit better for a frontstore, no? :-)

> It's all possible, and needs to be done, or we will continue to be
> the short guy standing behind FreeBSD and Linux.

 We already are, and I want it that way. I do not want to be part of the 
"Win95" under the UNICES. And FreeBSD is i386-only, a totally different
target and market. 

-- 
Markus Illenseer
NetBSD 1.3.2 CD-ROM "Gateway! Vol. 3" now shipping!  See:  http://core.de/