Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Warly, is there any reason not to make a 4th (entirely optional) ISO of
> ~ 200MB?

We have this dilemma about the download edition:

- download is a marketting product which should be better as possible
to make users switch or use mandrake and then buy something.

- download is a direct (gratis) competitor to our other products,
powerpack, discovery...

As a consequence download is a compromise. And it was decide that 3
CDs is enough to market mandrakesoft skill, and 4 CD will make the
download too dangerous for our product line. So another partial
solution would be to have 700 MB instead of 650 MB.

My personnal point of view:

I think our future is in a club-like way of doing business, and that 
the best the download will be, the more people will give back, so publish
as many CDs as needed (7 with contribs, DVD isos...).

But this will need all the old-economy way of thinking reminiscents to
disapear first.

-- 
Warly

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