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From: owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org] On Behalf

Of Theo de Raadt

Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:30 PM

To: Jack J. Woehr

Cc: Misc@Openbsd. Org

Subject: Re: hardware needed for network stack performance work
> On Jun 13, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote:

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> > However I wish there were some large companies out there using and

> > relying in pf, who could just decide (right now)

>

> Suggestion for tapping the Large Company resource for OpenBSD:

>

>     1) Create an OpenBSD User Survey

> 	a) should include questions that identifies user classes such as

> Private Dude and Large Company

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>          b) should allow user to self-identify if willing for

> followup surveys and appeals

>     2) Place survey

>   	a) on website

>          b) on the next CDROM

>     3) Use info garnered through survey to

>          a) craft appeals on website

>          b) create email appeals to self-identified users in correct

> classes.

>

> Sounds silly perhaps to the more typical OpenBSD user, but if indeed

> there is Large Company

> use of OpenBSD those admins/users will be more responsive to the

> survey-and-appeal paradigm

> than our typical lone wolf users.

All fundraising suggestions should be written on the back of a $100 bill

and sent to Theo.