On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 02:57:00PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 03:53:55PM -0500, Todd Alan Smith wrote: > > On 8/26/06, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Has the OpenBSD project ever considered offering a subscription to the > > >> OpenBSD CDs. > > > > > >Yes we have considered it, and no, we won't be doing it. > > > > Understood. You consider it to be too risky. > > > > >And you could have googled before you became the 50th person to ask > > >the same question. > > > > Also understood. In fact, Martin made this point quite succinctly. > > I've since picked myself up, dusted off, and vowed not to make the > > same mistake again. > > I'm considering doing this on my own, unofficially. I'd be ordering and > remailing official CDs, of course. And being in the US, I'd only be able > to ship within the US. If I got in early on the pre-orders, which I've > been doing anyway, I could get them back out in a timely fashion. > > Also, does anyone know if the existing BSD subscription places are using > official CDs? If so, I'd only be duplicating effort. > > Is there much interest in this? > Back when Walnut Creek was doing the FreeBSD CD's, I had a subscrition to those. Even though I always downloaded, I continued this, as I assumed the money went to the project.
I'd strongly consider doing this for OpenBSD, if it was possible to do. -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
