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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:59:03 +0930
From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> 
> Well, for me it would probably change from doing FTP installs to using
> CDs.  I'm just to impatient to wait for a CD from Walnut Creek before
> installing machines, and just go with FTP installs each time.  Burning
> a CD locally would be a snap if I just had the image available.

You don't have the resources, or the inclination to cut your own?  I'd 
always want to mung things to suit myself.

> Eivind, who thought that WC wouldn't want people to be able to burn
> their own CDs that easily.

I can't see how they'd be bothered; for most people a 650MB download is 
going to cost more than the CD...

mike