-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, 2009-03-10 at 10:42 +0100, Daniel Mader wrote:
On Tuesday 10 March 2009 01:34:06 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
jdd escribió:
couldn't we *drop* the boxed edition? We could still sell a *manual*
Do you really believe that people interested in the distribution will buy a manual that is available online anyway ?
If the printed manual is as good and complete as it has been in the times of 8.x and partly 9.x, I am sure people will buy it. The price must be reasonable and it must cover advanced topics, too, such as MediaCenter configuration e.g. with MythTV and HomeServer setups.
Exactly.
Btw, you could ask the same for the whole box: both the media and the manual are available online, so that would leave only dial up people as the targeted customers, if you are right.
I have friends with no network at home and very limited network on the job. A small download (10 MB) is very problematic. Which means that I burn the iso for them, but they can not do updates at all. And I live in an "priviledged" country like Spain: the situation is even more difficult on many other countries. There, updated DVDs for up to date installation without network should be interesting.
I am convinced that dropping the who box edition in favor of updated and enhanced downloadable ISO-images and a really good printed manual would greatly enhance the popularity of the distribution.
The printed manual could have a copy of the current distribution on a sleeve. And even better if it also includes the updates on another CD. On the plus side, users with broadband could still be interested in getting a good printer book. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkm6VAcACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UsiACfUhVjJwJAc4nxbQ8cfJGJQOZb 06QAoJaIO4mJcGw/ZLkx8rUHULcwpQzb =HUiC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----