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[Javier P.L.]

On 05/04/13 at 04:36pm, Pablo Rubianes wrote:
> I didn't got something about this Javier, which team is not self-sustained?

I didn't mean teams weren't self-sustained, I'm talking about a more public
Canonical politic about this fact.

> 
> 
> 2013/4/5 Javier P.L. <chilicuil at ubuntu.com>
> 
> > Nice to know, as it's been discussed previously DVDs/CDs are in detriment
> > in some
> > countries, so I think this won't impact seriously Ubuntu promotion. What
> > I'd really like to see are USB drives [0]. That would be really awesome,
> > the
> > kind of awesomeness which only comes from Ubuntu =)
> >
> > I think Canonical should adopt a public politic about making Loco teams
> > self-sustaining so this kind of awesomeness can be delisberated easier
> > while
> > avoiding customs expenses.
> >
> > I'll start giving usb drives instead of DVDs this cycle.
> >
> > [0] http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/flashkus/
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > On 05/04/13 at 06:22pm, Laura Czajkowski wrote:
> > > Aloha folks,
> > >
> > > A number of people have been asking for an update on the 13.04 DVD
> > allocation, the LoCo Council contacted Canonical to see what was happening
> > this cycle.
> > > Below is the mail we were asked to share with people from Canonical.
> > >
> > >
> > ============================================================================================================
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > This is just to let you know that going forward, Canonical will not be
> > producing DVDs for standard releases.We understand that to
> > > convert interested experimenters to Ubuntu users we need to provide and
> > outstanding initial user-experience, and the ability for the user to
> > > explore and learn in safety with a supporting network of experts around
> > them. The LoCo teams are a key to that second part as you
> > > provide a personal experience that's local to the user.
> > >
> > > While we love users to be on the latest version of Ubuntu, the key thing
> > for new users is a known, stable and supported environment. So to make sure
> > we
> > > provide that we'll be shipping you the LTS release CDs rather than the
> > latest standard release.
> > >
> > > Therefore, there won't be DVDs for 13.04 as going forward our focus will
> > be on LTS releases. The next production of DVDs will be 14.04. To
> > > bridge the gap till 14.04,we will continue to supply 12.04 DVDs for
> > events. You can request DVDs for events through Shipit as normal.[
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAtConferences]
> > >
> > > Thank you for your continued and valuable support in making Ubuntu great.
> > >
> > > Michelle
> > >
> > >
> > ===============================================================================================================
> > >
> > > Laura
> > >
> > > --
> > > Laura Czajkowski
> > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski
> > > LoCo Council Member
> > > Community Council Member
> > >
> >
> > > --
> > > loco-contacts mailing list
> > > loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
> >
> >
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> >

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