Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Warly wrote: > >> I mean that switching to 650 MB ISO removed 150MB of packages, and >> that 9.1 is likely to have nearly 200 packages less than 9.0. >> > > Is there any reason why the commercial apps *have* to go on the free > space in the GPL CDs? > > Is there any reason why a 4th commercial-only CD is a bad idea? As far > as I can see, having a 4th CD could have some advantages: > > 1)Users can buy just the 4th CD (at about half a standard pack?). If all > the proprietary drivers are on the 4th CD, any time (winmodem, NVidia, > Radeon > 7xxx, speedtouch) a device is found that needs proprietary > drivers, this DC could be advertised. > 2)The first 3 CDs of GPL and Standard could be identical. Since it would > be advantageous to have the hdlists for the commercial software (see > (1)) on the 1st CD, and the 3rd CD would be identical, the only > difference between Standard and GPL would be the 4th commercial CD. > > I think this would have some advantages in a number of ways, and don't > see why commercial software should restrict the size of the other CDs, > when instead it could be used to push up sales (even if only of the > commercial software). > > Of course, if this were to happen, a nice button in MCC would be cool, > something like 'Add 4th (commercial) CD software source'.
I forward it to product marketting marketting. Some thoughs (I have no clear idea on the subject) At present standard is 3 CDs. - It is not acceptable that download edition has more packages than standard edition - Putting one more CD costs some cents or maybe some euros more per box (to press, print, package). With thousands of box sold, it can be significant amount of money. Is having one more CDs increase the standard edition sales, or the club membership in the equivalent proportion, I do not know. I can do whatever you want, 3, 4, even 6 CDs with all the contribs. It is quite easy to do, but does it will be widely tested, does packages on the 4th CDs will be tested and of good quality, or just to please 50 club members ? Moreover more CDs means more work for us, are we in a situation where we can afford maintaining even more packages ? Shouldn't we agree on making compromise and selecting some applications instead of including everything ? As an example shouldn't we agree on making xcdroast, or k3b, the mandrake default burner, and convince everybody to test it and make it good enough for everyone, instead of having 5 of them ? -- Warly
