[RFC] ShipIt CD-RW

[Thilo Six]

Aaron wrote the following on 18.04.2007 20:27:

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> I think you have a point but I would not use CD-RW. Instead use CD-R.
> 
>     * Have a large store of CD-R discs that are blank.
>     * When a user applies for a disc burn it and send it.
>     * Do not keep a large stock of burnt discs. instead have a small
>       team handle to burning and sending process.
>     * If this proves too expensive have a "Help other users, Send us
>       blank spare CD-Rs" campaign.

In which point would that change the current workflow?
We have a small team that takes care of sending out the CDs and i saw users
offering other users that requesting shipit CD´s on ubuntu-user to send them
pre-burned CD´s for free (community)! ?

I still have a too bad feeling about that to make this "official".

http://www.debian.org/intro/about
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You say free, but the CDs/bandwidth cost money!

You might be asking: If the software is free, then why do I have to pay a
vendor for a CD, or pay an ISP for downloading?

When buying a CD, you are paying for someone's time, capital outlay to make
the disks, and risk (in case they don't sell them all). In other words, you
are paying for a physical medium used to deliver the software, not for the
software itself.

When we use the word "free", we are referring to software freedom, not that
it's without cost. You can read more on what we mean by "free software" and
what the Free Software Foundation says on that subject.
Most software costs over 100 US dollars. How can you give it away?

A better question is how do software companies get away with charging so
much? Software is not like making a car. Once you've made one copy of your
software, the production costs to make a million more are tiny (there's a
good reason Microsoft has so many billions in the bank).

Look at it another way: if you had an endless supply of sand in your
backyard, you might be willing to give sand away. It would be foolish,
though, to pay for a truck to take it to others. You would make them come and
get it themselves (equivalent to downloading off the net) or they can pay
someone else to deliver it to their door (equivalent to buying a CD). This is
exactly how Debian operates and why most of the CDs are so cheap (only about
$25 U.S. for 14 CDs).

Debian does not make any money from the sale of CDs. At the same time, money
is needed to pay for expenses such as domain registration and hardware. Thus,
we ask that you buy from one of the CD vendors that donates a portion of your
purchase to Debian.
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We *are allready* doing better than Debian in this particular point.
This doens´t mean we even could do better, but that has do be done carefully
and deliberate.

see my previous posts...



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