Re: Debian Subscription

2006-04-23 Thread Joe Smith
"Kevin Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 03:35:41PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > The FreeBSD project has this kind of revenue generation. I can buy > their distribution CDs. I can also buy user guide and administrators > guide (books).

Re: Debian Subscription

2006-04-14 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 12:36:43PM +0530, Annamalai Gurusami wrote: > The FreeBSD project has this kind of revenue generation. I can buy > their distribution CDs. I can also buy user guide and administrators > guide (books). Actually, that's not true; the FreeBSD project, nor the FreeBSD found

Re: Debian Subscription

2006-04-13 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 03:35:41PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > > The FreeBSD project has this kind of revenue generation. I can buy > > their distribution CDs. I can also buy user guide and administrators > > guide (books). > > I've personally looked a little bit at getting some more user manual

Re: Debian Subscription

2006-04-13 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 12 April 2006 00:06, Annamalai Gurusami wrote: > My question is this. Why doesn't Debian GNU/Linux sell distribution > CDs? What about Debian Distribution Subscription? What is the > rationale behind not selling? Ethics. Read the Debian Social Contract at http://www.debian.org/so

Re: Debian Subscription

2006-04-13 Thread Don Armstrong
[I'm not the DPL, but since this was sent to -project, I'll answer anyway.] On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Annamalai Gurusami wrote: > My question is this. Why doesn't Debian GNU/Linux sell distribution > CDs? What about Debian Distribution Subscription? What is the > rationale behind not selling? First of

Re: Debian Subscription

2006-04-13 Thread Tapio Lehtonen
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 12:36:43PM +0530, Annamalai Gurusami wrote: > Dear DPL, > > My question is this. Why doesn't Debian GNU/Linux sell distribution > CDs? What about Debian Distribution Subscription? What is the > rationale behind not selling? You can buy Debian GNU/Linux CD's, see http:

Debian Subscription

2006-04-12 Thread Annamalai Gurusami
Dear DPL, I am currently a user of Slackware GNU/Linux distribution and am now planning to switch to Debian GNU/Linux. I am aware that there are many CD vendors from whom I can purchase the distribution. My question is this. Why doesn't Debian GNU/Linux sell distribution CDs? What about Debi