[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just looked at the prices at www.freebsdmall.com, and found that they > are > overwhelming. A full FreeBSD release costs like 40$. 40$?! HOLY SHIT! Who > would > buy it for that much money when you can download it for free?
I don't know in which part of the world you live, but not everybody on this planet has a hyper fast DSL, satelite, cable, T1, whatever internet connection with a flatrate. There are still quite many people with slower modem or ISDN uplinks or similar who don't want to cram their lines for several days to download an ISO image. Or they don't want to pay the price if they pay by volume or by time. Another thing to keep in mind is the fact that FreeBSD Mall is not the only shop that sells FreeBSD media. Just for example, in Germany the Lehmanns book shop sells FreeBSD DVDs (that's 8 GB worth of data) for 9.95 Euro which is about 14 US dollars. Subscriptions are even 15% less. http://www.lob.de/cgi-bin/out?isbn=3865411886 If you think something is worth buying, then buy it. Otherwise don't buy it. It's that simple. If nobody buys a product, the vendor will either have to change it (value/price) or stop offering it. Since FreeBSD Mall doesn't seem to change or stop, I assume that there are sufficiently many people buying from them. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"