On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 19:49 -0500, Justin Tiernan wrote: > Two questions? > > > > 1. Does somebody mail me the cd's, or do I have to download them > and create them my self from your iso images? > 2. If I do have to download them and create the cd's myself, how am > I compensated for my time, effort, and money in media and bandwidth? > > Just curious, I love what you people are doing! And want to help if I > can in some way. My though was if somebody could mail me cd's I could > give them out for people to try, test, and see what a savings they could > make for themselves by not buying Microsoft products.
Hi Justin, There are a couple of simple requirements, but its a good chance that Andy Shiels will send you all the info on that. Yes you do need to download the isos but you may only need to keep up to date with the main install disk, the extras seem to have a longer shelf life, and anyway if someone wants a couple of newer templates they are just a blip on a "dial-up" radar. You get compensated for your time and bandwidth and depreciation on your burner by charging for the CDs. Yup it's free to download, but all community distributors as far as I can tell, charge a token fee to cover all that stuff. Here is my standard reply to requests for CDs: (quote) Here is how it works. Although OOo is free for download, Community Distributors charge a token fee to cover their production expenses. In my case it is $15 for the 2 CD set. Here is a bit of info regarding my particular release. I have a special issue of OpenOffice.org . It normally comes on 2 CDs with versions for Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac. I prune the Solaris version and include some excellent Open Source Graphics Software: The Gimp, pixel based image manipulation like Photoshop; Scribus, desktop Publishing like Quark Express; and Inkscape, Vector Graphics like Adobe Illustrator. I also include the latest Firefox, Mozilla and Thunderbird. Some issues of Tux magazine with great articles on using OOo, a Zip utility and Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price $15.00 for 2 CD set Version 2.2.0 (latest) Payment preferred by EFT (Internet Banking) or by direct deposit at a Westpac Bank after you get the disks. All details are in the package. All I need is your snail mail address and your OK to the price, and I can get them away immediately. Andrew Greig Community Distributor, OpenOffice.org (/quote) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
