diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/register.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/register.hlp new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..73a0b75f353b --- /dev/null +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/register.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +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. + + This process will take time, and we don't expect to receive + hundreds of thousands of registrations overnight, but we have + to start somewhere and we have to start *now*. It will already + take some us time to collect enough registrations that we can + actually start influencing some segments of the commercial software + market. + + +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 " +from "John Smith " 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 upcoming FreeBSD Newsletter (soon to +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 the email version then you should +specify a valid Email address. + +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 diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/register.hlp b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/register.hlp new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..73a0b75f353b --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/register.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +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. + + This process will take time, and we don't expect to receive + hundreds of thousands of registrations overnight, but we have + to start somewhere and we have to start *now*. It will already + take some us time to collect enough registrations that we can + actually start influencing some segments of the commercial software + market. + + +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 " +from "John Smith " 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 upcoming FreeBSD Newsletter (soon to +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 the email version then you should +specify a valid Email address. + +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