[Linux-aus] LA's SFD CD Run

[Michael Lanagan]

Stop sending me your annoying messages. I am out of linux.

On 8/25/09, Michael Lanagan <mickandjane at gmail.com> wrote:
> Delete me from your email list. Your emails are nothing but spam.
>
> On 8/25/09, Andrew Cowie <andrew at operationaldynamics.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 15:21 +1000, Michael Still wrote:
>>> Sure. I already said I was settling on CD-R as a reasonable alternative
>>> to my actual everyone-should-download-it-themselves stance.
>>
>> I suppose the other factor [besides bandwidth & availability, which
>> admittedly is pretty good if you're talking about the streets of, say,
>> Melbourne] is that "here, boot this" is a lot more palatable than "go to
>> this URL, download .iso and burn a CD of it, then boot it" (especially
>> if one's experience of burning CDs is, at best, copying someone else's
>> music CDs).
>>
>> But other than "here, this is bootable", I must admit I'm not that in to
>> [the cost of producing and then] handing out CDs. I tend to think that
>> the number of people who are going to realize what booting means (as
>> opposed to "put this in your drive and install the software you find
>> there!") is low. Perhaps I'm wrong, but we've all been there, done that,
>> you know?
>>
>> Heh. What we really need is "got your laptop? Great! Here, just plug
>> $this cable into mine, and ZAAAAAAAP now you're running Linux. Isn't
>> that great? We told you the GPL was viral."
>>
>> :)
>>
>> AfC
>> Sydney
>>
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>>
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