Subject: Re: Suggestion: NetBSD source official ISO image
To: Carl Mascott <cmascott@att.net>
From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
List: tech-install
Date: 12/16/2001 22:12:27
At 11:55 AM -0500 on 2001/12/16, Carl Mascott wrote:
>> What you are saying is that we should spend project resources so that
>> for-profit companies can sell $2.50 NetBSD CDs.
>
> But you do this already with all of the other ISO images.
> Why should a source-only ISO be any different?
Moreover, the source-only ISO could be shared amongst all
platforms, and would not be specific to any one type of hardware. So
all NetBSD sub-projects would get the benefit of having a source ISO
available, and all NetBSD mirror sites would get the benefit of
reduced network bandwidth required.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
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