Congrats Matt - this is good for the BSD community overall!

Frank



Frank G. Logan, III
President and CEO

Wasabi Systems Inc.
500 E. Main St.
Suite 1520
Norfolk, VA 23510

http://www.wasabisystems.com
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> From: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com>
> Organization: iXsystems
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:12:42 -0700
> To: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
> Cc: <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
> Subject: Re: BSD Mall merging with FreeBSD Mall
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> On Wednesday 06 June 2007 2:04 pm, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Matt Olander wrote to FreeBSD announce:
>>> FreeBSD Mall (via iXsystems) has merged with BSD Mall. =A0Over the next
>>> month the BSDMall.com website will be transitioned to FreeBSDMall.com,
>>> after which time FreeBSD Mall will take over order fulfillment for all
>>> products. =A0As a result of this joining of forces, existing customers ca=
n
>>> expect faster shipping, better selection, and more BSD community suppor=
t.
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>>> We've also got several new t-shirts up at FreeBSDMall.com that you may
>>> have seen at BSDCan or floating around on the web, including a FreeBSD
>>> Jails shirt, an artistic take on the new logo, and the current FreeBSD
>>> logo on black. =A0Expect additional new products up on the FreeBSDMall.co=
m
>>> site over the next few months, including posters and more t-shirts. =A0Th=
e
>>> FreeBSD Mall will also soon be offering AMD64 versions of FreeBSD as
>>> well.
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>>> We've setup a suggestions (at) freebsdmall.com alias and will follow up
>>> with a submission form on the website. We'd love to hear the community'=
s
>>> ideas for products and shirts or ways FreeBSD Mall can better serve the
>>> community.
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>>> best,
>>> -matt
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>> Hi Matt!
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>> I hope you don't mind I copy your announcement above to the NetBSD
>> advocacy list.
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>> Having your company run the BSDMall.com company sounds great. (And as ma=
ny
>> shoppers will say: much needed!)
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>> My question is: Since BSDmall currently sells NetBSD and OpenBSD product=
s,
>> when the site is transitioned to FreeBSDMall.com will you continue to
>> offer non-FreeBSD products?
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> Hi Jeremy,
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> Yes! Absolutely, we will. In fact, I'll be emailing the NetBSD Foundation=
 for
> ideas on how the Mall can better assist the community. iX will be making =
sure
> that a signifigant portion of proceeds are getting returned back to the
> Foundation.
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>> (Also can you contact me off-list about how you can resell my BSD books?=
)
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> Will do :-)
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>> p.s. By the way, at one time, I had a login to BSDMall's Yahoo store
>> interface.
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> mwhahaha, and you just might again once it's in Interchange :-P
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> best,
> -matt
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