OT: Stickers

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 08:51:25AM -0700, Andrew Jorgensen wrote:
> * CDs.  Yeah, we can get them for free from shipit, but then we have
> to wait our turn.  Why not also sell them at cost + shipping to those
> who want them now?  Heck, why not sell them at a modest profit even?

Stay tuned for news in this area.

> * Printed manual.  Even if it's just the Quick Start Guide.  One of my
> friends wanted to try Linux so rather than download it or borrow a CD
> he went out and bought a book that came with a CD of MEPIS.  This
> reminded me that I started out with SuSE partly because it came with a
> decent manual.  We try very hard to make Ubuntu not need a manual, but
> there are a lot of people out there who prefer to have one anyway (if
> for nothing more than to see all the cool stuff you can do with the
> software).  Even MacOS at least has a little booklet and O'Reilly is
> making money picking up[3] where Apple left off.  The manual could
> come with a set of CDs, that might be more effective than a box with
> CDs and a manual since manuals that come in the box are notorious for
> being an afterthought.

This would be a good subject to discuss with the documentation team.

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 - mdz