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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Trophees du libre
From:       Andreas Pour <pour () mieterra ! com>
Date:       2003-02-13 22:48:37
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Mark Bucciarelli wrote:

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> > Every local promotion group would remaster its image
> > with the local i18n package and also tutorials and howtos on KDE. KDEev
> > would send them the blank CD customized with the KDE logo and they would
> > burn the CDs and sell them or distribute them.
> 
> This is a great idea.  I didn't know you could pre-print blank CD's with logos
> and a nice graphic.  Why not just sell these for a little bit above cost so
> this is a self-funding thing instead of relying on donations?  (Maybe get a
> donation to kick it off ...)

Hi,

Agreed.  I hope to persuade the League to put in the initial capital in a fund
to create these CDs, but I also think they shoudl not be given away for free, at
cost is OK.  People tend to not cherish free things and take them not to use but
simply b/c they are free.
 
> If these cost $2.00 each (for b/w), I would definately buy a few.  I think it
> looks much more professional to have a printed logo than using a home
> labelling kit.  However, if I'm paying for it, then the label should be
> "pure" KDE.

Anyone have a label in mind?  There are a number of companies that do drop
shipments; would be nice to have something set up here to make all this simple,
par. for shows.
 
> [...]
> 
> > People are lazy and they want an
> > easy clickable introduction to KDE. We should work more to educate our
> > users.
> 
> Along these lines, I think that menu items on the CD should _not_ be
> application names; for example kBear or arson.  In general, it is simpler to
> use human interface terms, such as "Copy CD", "JukeBox", "Letters" or
> "Budgets."
> 
> There are conflicting aims--some what a CD that co-workers can use to do
> distributed compiling and others want something that will make a CEO's pupils
> dilate and others want something for the rank newbie.
> 
> Maybe morphix.org is the answer.

There are certain economies of scale involved.  CD burning, par. if you use a
full-color label, is a lot cheaper if you buy in large quantities - say 1,000. 
That makes customizability difficult.  I personally don't see the big need for a
compiling CD for promotional things (I think the people who want to compile this
way can burn their own CDs just how they like them), but I could be missing
something.

Ciao,

Dre
 
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