Don't the OpenBSD developers already work hard enough, that now we are supposed to do even more boring business oriented things for you all?
Every release, more people download OpenBSD and fewer people buy OpenBSD. But the solution is not to make OpenBSD developers "web businessmen". That is a road to slower development. So please stop it with these suggestions. They are so damn boring. > >> ...and when some idiot vendor changes chips without > changing product > >> code, what then? > > > >The virtual store is a half-baked idea, I know. I'm just > looking for > >additional ways to support OpenBSD. In the above case, I > return the > >product and inform the virtual store that the referral isn't > good any > >more. I'm not any worse off. This assumes that the virtual > store only > >points to vendors with good return policies. > > > >I guess I could always set up a referral store myself, and > just post > >that I am not in any way affiliated with OpenBSD and promise > to give my > >referral fees to them. > > > > i have thought about a store like this for about a year, but i > suspect a "virtual" store wouldn't quite cut it due to the > aforementioned chipset changing garbage. it would be > interesting to open such a store from both to make it easier > to get supported hardware and as a possible revenue stream for > the project. > > i'd imagine a store like this would certainly incur additional > costs (inventory management, careful chipset control, meager > employee payroll, etc.), but i would certainly be willing to > pay a premium for the ease of finding the right hardware. > > maybe all proceeds beyond reinvestment in inventory and other > necessary expenses could go to the project? > > cheers, > jake
