On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 10:56:38AM +0000, Jona Joachim wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been buying every CD release over the last couple of years. I
> purchased 4.6 from openbsdeurope.com and it was just as comfortable as
> with Wim the years before.
> However I haven't purchased 4.7 yet because the ordering involves too
> much hassle.
> openbsdeurope.com now requires you to create an account in order to
> place an order, that's really annoying. On top of that the regex they
> use to verify your e-mail address is flawed.
> 
> I read http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html in order to find shops in
> France (where I live) that carry the OpenBSD CD sets.
> There are 2 listed:
> - http://www.eyrolles.com/
>   I couldn't find OpenBSD in their online shop.
> 
> - http://www.lmet.fr/
>   They sell the CDs for 57 EUR compared to 38 EUR for openbsdeurope.com.
>   They also want you to create an account.
> 
> I could order from the Computer Shop of Calgary but that would involve
> big shipping costs.
> 
> Ordering the CD sets just isn't as much fun anymore as it used to be.

I feel the same way.  I've made sure to use
https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/donations to make a donation because that
is still an easy thing to do.  I will have to make do with FTP for
installations from now on.

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