Bryan, Thanks for that thought(I am still skeptical); it got me off my butt to order a CD set.
Thanks everyone! Jeremy On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Bryan Irvine <sparcta...@gmail.com> wrote: > I also heard it said once (though I'm sure I'll be corrected if wrong) > that Theo's salary comes from CD purchases but not donations. So the > only way to keep him employed full-time on OpenBSD is by buying the > disks. > > -B > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:12 PM, J.C. Roberts <j...@designtools.org> wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:58:40 +0100 Keith <ke...@scott-land.net> wrote: > >> > >> Seeing that orders are being taken for the 4.8 release got me > >> thinking about purchasing a copy, I don't need a copy on CD so just a > >> download for my architecture would be fine. In the past I've sent a > >> small donated to the project and was wondering if there's way that I > >> could buy the right to download the OS before the official release. > >> > >> Personally I would happily pay the same as the full CD costs and > >> probably some more to just download the OS and the project would save > >> on the production of the CD and the postage. > >> > >> I'd defiantly pay for 802.11G, hope that it's working in this release. > >> > >> Keith > >> > > > > Keith, > > > > It seems you're kind of missing the point. The developers *GIVE* the > > code away free to everyone. If you appreciate all the time, effort and > > expense the developers sink into giving away code for free, then the > > right answer is to try to give back to them in some way. Donations are > > always welcome. > > > > Some people work at companies where they use OpenBSD in their > > businesses. Since it's often impossible to get their companies to make a > > straight forward donation, instead they *BUY* a big stack of release > > CDs for their company. Of course, they don't actually need a big stack > > of CDs, but it was the only way the could get approval from the bosses. > > > > As for pre-ordering release CDs, yes, the discs are often (but not > > always) delivered before the official release date. Of course, until the > > actual release date when the CVS and package mirrors open up to public > > access, having the CDs early really doesn't give you much of a head > > start. > > > > Some people don't want stacks and stacks of CDs around, so instead of > > ordering release CDs, the order T-Shirts, posters or best of all, just > > make donations to give back to the project and developers who give them > > so much. > > > > Personally, I buy the release CDs just for the stickers. ;) > > > > Either way, release CD sales and donations really do help to fund > > continued development of OpenBSD. > > > > jcr > > > > > > -- > > The OpenBSD Journal - http://www.undeadly.org
