On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Johan Pretorius wrote: > Take our example - we are based in South Africa, and lease some servers > in the USA, all of which are pre-loaded with the OS. The effort involved > in getting the CD installed is not worth it: > $149 - cost of CD > $? - arranging delivery, ensuring CD is delivered to proper dept, etc, etc > $250 - service charges from ISP to install CD (and this a conservative > estimate) > Total - in the region of $500 > Let's look at the download option: > $50 - cost of software (example) > $10 - ISP/Telco charges for download of software > $0 - installation done by person leasing the server (ok, this wil take > time, but at least it does not mean forking out money) > Total - $60 > Hope this will give you some understanding of the client's perspective ...
As a prospective client (and current tester/moocher), I understand totally. What's stopping you from transferring the relevant files from your location where you have the CD to your remote servers? I doubt you'll have to install all 2 CDs worth of data. How about CVSing from a FreeVSD CVS server (which would actually be my choice for patching, truthfully). It's going to cost money or time, or both one way or another. Why should anyone else pay these bills for you? -- Simon Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ineocom - http://www.ineocom.com Tel: 416.831.7876 - Fax: 416.831.7875 ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
