From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Apr 18 18: 0:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from ptialaska.net (mail.ptialaska.net [198.70.245.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4870F37B726 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:00:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vizion@ptialaska.net) Received: from vizion2000 (dialups-142.sitka.ptialaska.net [198.70.227.142]) by ptialaska.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA14518; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:59:55 -0800 (AKDT) Message-ID: <001601bfa99a$5a15d060$8ee346c6@demon.co.uk> From: "Southwell" To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , "Brian Somers" , "Brad Knowles" Cc: "Gregory Bond" , , References: <200004182143.WAA00514@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org><001401bfa98f$16acbce0$47e346c6@demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:58:14 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Disposition-Notification-To: "Southwell" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sure but difficulties are there to be overcome -- otherwise what the @$#% 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" To: "Southwell" ; "Jordan K. Hubbard" ; "Brian Somers" Cc: "Gregory Bond" ; ; 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, || 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