Re: OpenBSD project support idea

[usura@foo.zedz.net (Alex de Joode)]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 01:10:25PM -0400, Daniel R. Anderson wrote:
[..]
> 	Now even $40 a server would be miniscule to the money saved by many
> companies through uptime and security.  So, if there were a way to get
> the people who are payign 8 cents a server to pay a couple bucks
> instead, the cost could certainly be justified to the companies, and
> OpenBSD could get a commission on a per server and not per company
> basis.
> 	And, after all, very few companies will just donate money to a
> project.  You don't get by in the business world by haggling with
> somebody to raise his or her price.

Most companies know that for microsoft NT/2000/XT you need a license
per machine, so buying one OpenBSD CD per machine is mostly not a big
problem.

Donating -is- a problem for most companies so instead of donating buy
them OpenBSD CD's ...


Cheers,
 Alex de Joode             adejoode(at)sabotage.org 
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