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| author | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-11 18:14:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-11 18:14:11 +0000 |
| commit | 3a27aacc64642dc424071fe3018901ac3736fdf8 (patch) | |
| tree | 3dee53734a26f3b2b96560eea5a32a7eb0500678 /release/sysinstall | |
| parent | 9e49857f452c80a412f3d19c5131be94e784f553 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/register.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/register.hlp deleted file mode 100644 index 811f71d7394d..000000000000 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/register.hlp +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -This screen allows you to register yourself with the FreeBSD Project's -user counter & statistics database. - -** IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO THIS! ** - -Believe me, I hate filling out forms as much as anyone, and most -people's understandable reaction to a registration form is to say "Eh, -what's this? They want to send me junk mail and then on top of that -they expect me to go to *extra* trouble in order to make it easy for -them?! Forget it!" - -This is not that kind of registration, and I strongly urge you to take -just a few minutes to read this and find out how much the simple act -of registering can help both you and FreeBSD. - -1. It is very much in your best interest, as a FreeBSD user, to stand - up and be counted so that various software vendors will begin to - take you and your operating system seriously. There are numerous - ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) who would be only too happy - to port the kinds of applications that many FreeBSD users are - currently screaming for (everything from spreadsheets and word - processing packages to games) if they only had some idea that it - might be worth the trouble. The only way to convince the ISVs that - FreeBSD is worth their trouble is to show them how many users - we have, and to do that we need your registration! At this time - we literally do not know how many users FreeBSD has, and that's - hardly helpful when you're trying to convince someone to port - software to it. - - -2. We will not send you *anything* you do not ask for. Some people - are genuinely interested in new product announcements for FreeBSD - or want to hear about security issues & other important advisories - as they come up, and for such people we've added registration - options for selecting various types of additional material they - might be interested in receiving as a side-effect of registration. - - The default behavior is to NOT put the user on any special mailing - lists or provide their names in mailing list data sent to - (carefully screened) FreeBSD product advertisers - all of that must - be specifically requested during the registration. - -Most fields in the form are fairly self-explanatory. At the minimum, -you should enter your first and last name as well as your email -address so that we can weed obvious duplicates from the counter. You -will NOT be sent any mail at this address unless you also sign up for -one of the additional notification services, and it's only used to -provide us with a way of differentiating "John Smith <smith@foo.org>" -from "John Smith <jsm@bar.com>" in the simple, no-frills registration -case. If you do not have an email address, some sort of postal -address will serve the same purpose. - -If you also wish to receive the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and -distributed free of charge by Walnut Creek CDROM in printed form, -then you must specify some sort of postal address. Likewise, if you -elect to receive notification on the email version then you should -specify a valid Email address. Back-issues of the FreeBSD newsletter -are available at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/newsletter/ . - -Should you wish to unsubscribe to the FreeBSD Newsletter or otherwise -de-register yourself at a later time, you can simply send mail to -register-request@freebsd.org. If you subscribe to the announce -mailing list (and it's a good idea) then you can modify your -subscription at any time by sending mail to majordomo@freebsd.org - - -Your cooperation with this new registration service is greatly -appreciated, and by taking just 5 minutes to fill this out now you -will be helping us to gather data which will greatly assist FreeBSD in -firmly establishing a position as a serious UN*X operating system -contender. - -Regards, - - Jordan Hubbard, - FreeBSD PR Officer |
