[glebius@cell.sick.ru: some misinformation on front page]

[Murray Stokely]

Last I heard (a month ago?) the Foundation had not received a dime from 
this company.  Lots of companies claim they will donate to the 
foundation, but few actually do.  I think the whole advertisement 
should just be removed.

	- Murray

On Mar 8, 2004, at 9:47 PM, Ceri Davies wrote:

> Yeah, I mailed the FF about this over a year ago in response to
> <5.1.0.14.0.20030207160618.00ac2030 at pop.xs4all.nl> which was posted to
> this list last February, and didn't get a reply.
>
> Others are free to try though.
>
> Ceri
>
> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:16:35AM +0100, Wolfram Schneider wrote:
>> ----- Forwarded message from Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at cell.sick.ru> 
>> -----
>>
>> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 22:42:18 +0300
>> From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at cell.sick.ru>
>> To: webmaster at freebsd.org
>> Subject: some misinformation on front page
>>
>>   Dear sirs,
>>
>> just by chance I have noticed that in last chapter of www.freebsd.org
>> front page it is said:
>>
>> Silicon Breeze has also sculpted and cast the BSD Daemon in metal and 
>> is now donating 15% of all proceeds from these statuettes back to the 
>> FreeBSD Foundation. The complete story and information on how to 
>> order a BSD Daemon is available from this page.
>>
>> However, going to that link we've got little bit another information,
>> http://www.linuxjewellery.com/beastie/:
>>
>> Beginning on 1 October 2001, we have agreed to donate 10% of the 
>> retail price of every statuette (and every other BSD-related product 
>> made by us) sold through this web page to the FreeBSD project...
>>
>>
>> Note that, in one page it is 15%, and 10% on other. I'm do not know
>> who's mistake it is, but someone should take care of it.
>>
>> -- 
>> Totus tuus, Glebius.
>> GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
>>
>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>
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