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From: hpeyerl@sidney.novatel.ca (Herb Peyerl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ?
Date: 5 Jan 1995 05:37:10 GMT
Organization: NovAtel Communications Ltd.
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Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: I believe he's talking about the Walnut Creek CDROM subscription scheme
: for FreeBSD, which I actually forgot to even mention in my last post
: (thanks, Nate).

: You have a 3rd alternative to paying $39.95 - you can buy a subscription to the
: FreeBSD CDROM.  It's $24.95 then, and you get sent a CD each time a new one
: ships (at $25).  You can also cancel your subscription at any time, so it's
: actually a pretty good deal for anyone keen on FreeBSD.  Just call (or email
: or FAX) Walnut Creek CDROM and ask for a *FreeBSD subscription*, not a FreeBSD
: CD.  They'll send you your first CD at $24.95 and every subsequent version
: publsihed by them at the same price until you decide you want to stop (or we
: all drop dead from fatigue :-).  Send mail to (or finger) info@cdrom.com for
: more info.

Err, Would all FreeBSD core team members who are also being paid by
Walnut Creek stop blatantly advertising in the newsgroups please? This
is starting to sound like a spray-on-hair-infomercial...

"Welcome to the Marketing Superhighway"

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