freebsdmall.com prices

[Jim Capozzoli]

On Mon, Sep 3, 2007 at 3:46 PM, Matt Olander <matt at ixsystems.com> wrote:
> deeptech71 at gmail.com 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? Now
>> you might think that giving 40$ is a great way for supporting the project.
>> But is freebsdmall associated with the core team in any way? OK, even if it
>> is, I think there would be more income, if there were a reasonable price. Or
>> does mailing a 4 CD set or a DVD really cost that much money?! Either way, I
>> think it is still more financially efficient if users download a copy and
>> donate like 35$ via some online method. Don't give me wrong. Of course there
>> are people without online access or CD/DVD burners, but those are rare case
>> exceptions. Am I wrong? Is it not how this thing works? Are lots of people
>> really buying freebsdmall products keenly/willingly every time for some
>> reason?
>
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> best,
> -matt
>
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Perhaps though, if it was say $20 more people would buy it.  But the
question is, would twice as many people buy it?


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Jim Capozzoli
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