CD Distributor Listing - Linuxiso.co.uk

[chris at i13i.com]

The only problem was he asked on the Doc mailing list not the questions
mailing list. As they had no bussiness sending these types of emails to a
list which is mainly for Doc updates and such.

Regards,
Chris
> chris at i13i.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>> why not try freebsd-questions instead of the document project mailing
>> lists and also if you are a Linux reseller why would it involve us ? Try
>> getting your act together before asking to be added to a web site.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>We are a UK based Linux reseller and were wondering if we could be added
>>>to your
>>>vendor listings. Linuxiso.co.uk continues to donate to the Linux
>>> community
>>>via
>>>Distrowatch who make monthly donations pooled from resellers and
>>>companies. Our
>>>donations have been made to  Mplayer, Amarok, Kanotix and the Cacti
>>>project to
>>>name a few.
>>>
>>>Our details can be found below:
>>>
>>>Linuxiso.co.uk
>
> Hey, no need to be angry, I guess. If one take a few seconds will notice
> that the mentioned Web site sells FreeBSD along with other BSD systems
>
> http://www.linuxiso.co.uk/category_BSD_Distributions.html
>
> and also, a lot of Linux distros too.
>
> This reseller profile is just like the average of the profiles listed at
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html
>
> Which lists a number of other sites that sells FreeBSD, other BSDs and a
> lot of Linux. Some of them even treat FreeBSD as a "Linux Distro" under
> their menus, and are still listed anyway.
>
> More. They state they make monthly donations to great software
> develoment such as mplayer and cacti (sorry I dont run the others, so I
> just dont know if they are that great hehe).
>
> Would one day FreeBSD Project or BSD Certification efforts be target for
> their donations? I dont know, hope so. Anyway direct funding great 3rd
> party software which runs so nicely under BSD is still great.
>
> I believe the guy asked in such a very polite and direct way how to get
> listed somewhere. I think he has shown the credentials. If they are
> enought or not, I have no idea. Anyway here seems to be the right place
> and the mentioned Web site is not different from many of the ones
> already listed.
>
> Hey Ed guy usually the path to follow is do yourself the changes you
> would like to see in the correspondent sgml file and take a diff between
> your midified version and the most recent one, sending it as a proposed
> patch via send-pr(1), with a description (just like the one you sent
> here) and follow the status of your PR in the Web site. Or, if you are
> lucky, find someone to sgml it for you in this list. I suggest you try
> the first approach first =)
>
> --
> Patrick Tracanelli
>
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