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."

Wouldn't it be better...

[X0563511]

Wouldn't it be better to open a generic BSD store instead?

I would think that you could make more money that way, as there are more BSD fans than Net-BSD fans.

Re:Wouldn't it be better...

[TheRaven64]

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.

Re:Wouldn't it be better...

[archen]

Like BSD mall [bsdmall.com]? 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 [bsdmall.com]

Wow. This is horrible.

[Ayanami Rei]

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.

Sad

[Pan T. Hose]

Wow. This is horrible. Almost every post here has been a take off BSD is dying.

This is very sad that most of posts in BSD stories these days are nothing more than the reposts of old and boring BSD-dying trolls. So when I saw this story I decided to post something at least slightly more interesting, i.e. an information about the little known Debian GNU/NetBSD project and links to webpages describing countless platforms supported by NetBSD. I also expressed my sincere admiration towards the NetBSD tea

Re:Wow. This is horrible.

[clymere]

agreed. I've actually been itching to get _something_ with a NetBSD logo(and donate to the cause at the same time). I probably will buy something...but yes, cafepress is generally not reknowned for their quality.

If this is all they wanted to do, they could have done it years ago. Every local band on the planet throws a cafepress store up the day after they form. I'd like to think NetBSD is a _little_ more important than that.

plus, they only put up one graphic. at least give us the alternate version

Does anyone

[BossMC]

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 co

Re:Does anyone

[Brandybuck]

What makes an athletic company any more suitable for a shirt than an OS?

Re:Does anyone

[BossMC]

What makes an athletic company any more suitable for a shirt than an OS?

Clothing and athleticism complement one another. Clothing and computer software do not.

Also, when you reach that time in your life where you sleep with a real carbon-based woman, and she sees your NetBSD boxers, and you tell her that it's a UNIX based OS, she won't want to play with your Jibba-Jabba anymore.

Re:Does anyone

[Brandybuck]

Clothing and athleticism complement one another.

Why? Seriously, why? Is it merely because more people are apt to sit on their butts getting fat watching spectator sports than they are to sit on their butts getting fat reading email? ...she won't want to play with your Jibba-Jabba anymore.

But she will if you have cute little footballs all over your shorts? Who would have thunk it!

My experience with the "NetBSD Store"

[breakbeatninja]

I'm sure some of you may find this interesting: http://www.bsdfreak.org/modules/news/article.php?s toryid=83 [bsdfreak.org]