Re: freebsdmall.com prices

On 5 Sep 2007 at 18:44, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote:

> Matt Olander wrote:
>  > In fact, one of the core team members, Murray Stokely, is on the FreeBSD
>  > Mall payroll. Also, in the past few months alone, we've donated over
>  > $20k USD in modern server hardware for FreeBSD development, made
>  > possible in part due to the revenue generated by the mall. The FreeBSD
>  > Mall also provides us with merchandise that we use to promote FreeBSD at
>  > trade shows that we attend at a cost of several thousand dollars per show.
>  >
>  > I think the $40 dollars for the professionally packaged 4 CD set is not
>  > only an inexpensive investment for a little piece of internet history
>  > for each FreeBSD release, but it is also a tremendous help offsetting a
>  > portion of the costs for our advocacy and hardware support efforts for
>  > the FreeBSD Project.
> 
> Hi Matt, I'm wondering how many people are behind the Mall, what the order 
> statistics are, and how much the income is. If the Mall is just a secondary job, 
> and you donate a considerable excess amount, then I have to respect, but also 
> criticize that. 

Frankly, I think that's none of your business.  Why do you consider 
the inner workings of a private business should be public knowledge?

-- 
Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/
Available for hire: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php

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