In those limited cases, sure. But c'mon, that's the way the world is headed. Sure, it's slower in some places than others. But digital distribution over the Net is the eventual goal for everything that can be digitally distributed over the Net.
If you don't believe me, ask someone who works at a newspaper or magazine. Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "Now is the time for all good men to come to." ---Walt Kelly On May 1, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 10:18 -0500, Scott Granneman wrote: >> There's this thing called the Internet .... > > And everyone, everywhere, ALWAYS has access to high-speed connection? > > C'mon, Scott ... I know folks who live out in the country, who are > stuck > with lousy dial-up speeds because it's all they can get out there. > > How long would it take to download the Open Office suite for Windows > over a crappy dial-up connection, where if you are lucky, you *might* > get 24.4? > > t. > >> Scott >> -- >> R. Scott Granneman >> [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com >> Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications >> My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/ >> books >> >> "If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style." >> ---Quentin Crisp >> >> On May 1, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Robert Citek wrote: >> >>> >>> How should software like that come? - Robert >>> >>> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Scott Granneman >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Amazing in this day that software like that still comes on CD. >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
