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NetBSD Online Store Opens
jschauma writes "The NetBSD Project now has an online store where you can indulge yourself in some merchandise-mania and at the same time support your favorite OS. All profits from the store will of course go directly to the NetBSD Foundation; at the moment, the available items include t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, clocks, mousepads, logo pads and tote bags. The sale of printed versions of The NetBSD Guide and the pkgsrc Guide is currently being evaluated. For other ways to make a tax-deductible (in the US) donation, please see the donations page."
I think it would be better if they had a store that sold something other than branded merchandise. I have no desire to pay to carry anyone's advertising around with me, not even NetBSD's. On the other hand, I would be interested in buying boxed set distributions with printed documentation, as I can for FreeBSD.
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Like BSD mall? Although BSD mall activly contributes to projects for the community, the key here is that ALL profits go to the NetBSD project. The store seems a bit lame if you ask me. A bunch of stuff with the NetBSD flag on it. whee. I'm much more apt to get cute stuff like a more interesting T-shirt
Almost every post here has been a take off BSD is dying.
But I can't blame them. While cafepress is nice to help the person selling money, the quality of the product is horrible. I'd rather give my money directly to the project than waste an extra $10 on a crappily screenprinted hat or mousepad.
Just skip it. Cafepress sucks.
THIS THING CAN TURN ON A DIME, MACROSSZERO STYLE ALSO FUCK BETA, ~NYORON
Does anyone actually wear clothing like this? I personally can't stand big logos or clothes that represent a non-athletic company, geographic location, or event, no matter what the logo is. I just can't picture myself ever wearing clothing about an OS outside of my toolshed, or at some that-os meeting.
I can understand a mug, a coaster, or a bumper sticker (on a beater pickup), but a shirt? I think it would be better to make things that actually relate to an OS, like a computer chassis, or those hard DVD covers, or _something_.
If I got OS-apparel as a present, I would wear it when I am working on a vehicle, or working in the yard.