Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 02:01:40 +0200 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> Subject: Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs Message-ID: <v04220805b522a6f4ffe3@[194.78.234.108]> In-Reply-To: <001401bfa98f$16acbce0$47e346c6@demon.co.uk> References: <200004182143.WAA00514@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <001401bfa98f$16acbce0$47e346c6@demon.co.uk>
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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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