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List:       netbsd-users
Subject:    Re: How to help NetBSD help you.
From:       Seth Kurtzberg <seth () cql ! com>
Date:       2005-06-14 10:39:06
Message-ID: 42AEB3CA.5090609 () cql ! com
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Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Seth Kurtzberg wrote:
>
>> It would be easier for me to justify investing a bit of money here, 
>> if I were better able to make it known that I am a resource in the 
>> NetBSD world.  I build firewalls based on NetBSD with some (I think) 
>> inovative software.
>>
>> I've tried several times to have myself added to the list of 
>> available engineers on the NetBSD site, but I never receive an 
>> answer.  The same is true about inquiries I make about adding my 
>> products to the list of systems that one can find on the NetBSD site.
>>
>> I'm not saying that I'm receiving an answer I don't like, I'm saying 
>> that I receive no answer at all.
>>
>> While the amounts of money are, in the general scheme of things, 
>> small, they are, to a tiny business like mine, not insignificant.  So 
>> perhaps more money could be funneled towards the NetBSD project if it 
>> were easier to show that NetBSD appreciates those who promote the O/S 
>> and use it in products.
>
>
> It is usually as easy as writing a mail to www@ and discussing what's 
> desired. We have a team answering those questions for that. 
> Unfortunately, every now and then something slips through the cracks, 
> and it seems you're the victim of that.
>
> Checking the www@ mail archives, I can only see one mail from you from 
> September 2001 (which never got answered, sorry for that!). Can you 
> please drop another mail to www@NetBSD.org with the details on your 
> firewalls please, and we'll make sure to have this added to the 
> 'products' page?

There's another problem.  You are showing only one email.  Nice that you 
conceed that it was ignored, but what happened to all the other emails 
that I sent?  Why did you skip my question about being listed in the 
area of people who are willing to provide support and services for NetBSD?

>
> FWIW, organisations that wish so can get listed on our website at 
> http://www.netbsd.org/contrib/org/.
>
>
>  - Hubert
>

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