Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:58:14 -0800 From: "Southwell" <vizion@ptialaska.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, "Brian Somers" <brian@Awfulhak.org>, "Brad Knowles" <blk@skynet.be> Cc: "Gregory Bond" <gnb@itga.com.au>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, <brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs Message-ID: <001601bfa99a$5a15d060$8ee346c6@demon.co.uk> References: <200004182143.WAA00514@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org><001401bfa98f$16acbce0$47e346c6@demon.co.uk> <v04220805b522a6f4ffe3@[194.78.234.108]>
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Sure but difficulties are there to be overcome -- otherwise what the @$#% are we doing here --!! grinz :-) I have managed changes in disc set so I am aware of the probs -- seems to me that a simple solution might have been an extra CD in a cardboard sleeve!! David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Knowles" <blk@skynet.be> To: "Southwell" <vizion@ptialaska.net>; "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>; "Brian Somers" <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: "Gregory Bond" <gnb@itga.com.au>; <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>; <brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs > At 3:37 PM -0800 2000/4/18, Southwell wrote: > > > More appropriately the number of CDs could have been increased from 4 to > > 5 -- The set is not expensive- so an appropriate price increase would have > > been no obstacle.. after all people buy the CD when they do not have access > > to a high speed connection. Does this mean that we are permanently limited > > to a maximum of 4 CDs to a collection..dare I say that even MS do not set > > such arbitrary limits!! > > I may be wrong, but I'd be willing to venture a guess that > switching from four to five CDs in the set is a much bigger change > than you may think -- now you've got to come up with a packaging > mechanism that can handle one or two more CDs than before, this may > cost more money to ship, you might have to completely change from > using plastic double jewel cases to thick paper multi-fold carriers, > you've got increased mastering costs and time, and I'm sure there are > a whole bunch of factors I have not yet considered. > > Sometimes when you add another straw, you really do break the camel's back. > > -- > These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy > ====================================================================== > Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV > Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 > Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels > http://www.skynet.be || Belgium > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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