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List:       opensolaris-discuss
Subject:    [osol-discuss] Re:  Bug fix process overly burdonsome ?
From:       Ghee.Teo () Sun ! COM (ghee teo)
Date:       2005-08-31 8:02:53
Message-ID: 4315C520.3010107 () Sun ! COM
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Rich Teer wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, James Lick wrote:
> 
> 
>>Why not?  I still get free CDs of various Linux distros at conferences
>>even though they could be downloaded for free too.  I'd guess that most
>>people would be more likely to try it out if they have the media right
>>in front of them than go through the bother of downloading and burning a
>>copy themselves.

Especially for developers who resides in country where the broadband 
infrastructures only being developed, bandwidth could be major problem.
Getting a CD/DVD from a user groups meeting could speed up the 
experimentation than spending days on a ISDN line.

> 
> 
> I agree.  CDs in a paper sleeve are very cheap, even in small quantities.
> Anything we can do to lower the barriers to entry is a good move.  Plopping
> a CD/DVD in the drive is less effort than downloading a couple of gig of
> data and burning disk(s), so looky-loos will be less disinclined to try it.
> 


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Thanks,

Ghee Teo

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