DVD's or not? (was Re: Rrrrolling Rrreleases

[Jan Bongaerts]

It would appear that the needs are different for each region. Maybe
Canonical should tailor differently to each region. Most global companies
do.


On 3 March 2013 14:55, Pablo Rubianes <pablorubianes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, i must say that if we have problems with DVDs/CDs at customs USB
> drives will be a nightmare here.
> Also as Laura said languages are a problems, but promotional stuff as stickers,
> lanyard, keyrings or pens could be more productive like DVDs in terms of
> promotion.
>
> Pablo
>
>
> 2013/3/3 Zied ALAYA <zied.alaya at ubuntu.com>
>
>> hi Laura,
>> in my personnel experience , users was more interested into stickers
>> (différent type) then CD.
>>
>> it makes a permanent  publicity too.
>>
>> I think we can have some useful  materials for any loco without
>> customization.
>>
>> Cordialement
>> Zied ALAYA
>> Le 3 mars 2013 09:58, "Laura Czajkowski" <laura at lczajkowski.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>>
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>>> On 01/03/13 15:46, Randall Ross wrote:
>>> > On 13-03-01 06:50 AM, Alan Bell wrote:
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >>
>>> >> as you have probably seen there has been discussion opened up about
>>> >> having a rolling release between the LTS releases. My guess is that
>>> >> this means the approved LoCo teams would get a CD pack to distribute
>>> >> every two years rather than every 6 months. Anyone know if this is a
>>> >> good guess, and does anyone have an opinion on this?
>>> >>
>>> >> Personally I am fine with that, it would be good to have a slightly
>>> >> bigger shipment of desktop DVDs every two years (I have no idea why we
>>> >> ever press the Server CDs) distributing them every 6 months is kind of
>>> >> inefficient, this way the LTS will have more long term relevance as a
>>> >> pressed DVD.
>>> >>
>>> >> Alan.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > I would like to see DVD media phased out totally, and the funds used
>>> for
>>> > something that will help spread Ubuntu more quickly. (e.g. marketing
>>> > materials).
>>> >
>>> > In my experience free CD's/DVD's no longer help drive Ubuntu adoption.
>>> I
>>> > have also received comments from my local community about their
>>> negative
>>> > environmental impact and I share those concerns.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Randall.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What kind of marketing material were you thinking about?  As when this
>>> has come up in the past at previous UDS sessions it was mooted due to cost
>>> of printing shipping, languages available/not available and keeping
>>> material up to date.   The same could be said about the environment about
>>> printed material, it could too also become a negative impact on the
>>> environment.
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
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