Hi, 2010/1/7 Juergen Schmidt <[email protected]>: > On 1/7/10 11:17 PM, Ian wrote: >> Just for info, when we were at NEA in California a few years back, we >> tried selling OOo discs to see if we could make a bit of money to >> contribute o expenses. We found that when the price was $1 and explained >> it was try to help cover costs virtually everyone bought one. So 1 Euro >> might work :-) There is also an environmental reason. Free discs are >> easily discarded, thrown straight in the trash. If you pay 1 Euro you >> might think twice about that. > > you are probably right. In case of FOSDEM, we don't plan to produce CD's or > DVD's. Most people have OOo anyway and a CD is fast outdated. In Europe most > people are in the situation t have a fast internet connection and can easily > download the program. It looks different in other countries where CD's or > DVD's make much more sense. > You should not give away this possibility of refinancing so quick. We also usually offer a CD/DVD at the annual CeBit event in Hannover, asking for a donation of EUR 5,- for the german OOoDeV-association. In 90% the asking people are giving this with pleasure. Please ask Florian about the numbers.
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