freebsdmall.com prices

[deeptech71 at gmail.com]

Dan Langille wrote:
> On 5 Sep 2007 at 18:44, deeptech71 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> Matt Olander wrote:
>>  > 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.
>>
>> Hi Matt, I'm wondering how many people are behind the Mall, what the order 
>> statistics are, and how much the income is. If the Mall is just a secondary job, 
>> and you donate a considerable excess amount, then I have to respect, but also 
>> criticize that. 
> 
> Frankly, I think that's none of your business.  Why do you consider 
> the inner workings of a private business should be public knowledge?
> 

I don't consider that. I was just wondering.

yes... "private business"... speaks for itself...