On 7/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">José Paulo Matafome Oleiro</b> <<a href="mailto:matafomeoleiro@gmail.com">matafomeoleiro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Why don't strat a way of getting the updates on CD every 2 months...</div></div></blockquote><div><br>This would be much appreciated. I humbly propose that Ubuntu team should find out two things:<br><br>1) what percentage of their current users have only dial-up Internet connection.
<br><br>2) how many new users would Ubuntu gain if it become practical to install and maintain the system in locales where broadband is prohibitively expensive for "ordinary folks". <br><br>If these numbers are what I believe they are, Ubuntu team might be inclined to revise this "let them eat cakes" attitude -
i.e., that every user must have broadband - if for no other good reason, than just to install and maintain Ubuntu. <br><br>niknot<br> <br></div></div>