Well, after seeing that Guides.co.il already provides nearly everything there is and it's cheap too (10 nis / per cd) I decided that doing such a thing by myself would not be very practical. Still, if there is people that want's Linux, it can be arranged by sending me e-mail :-)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Oleg Kobets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Sagi Bashari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Linux-IL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 3:32 PM Subject: Re: Reducing the number of CDs required for an installation party? > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 01:23:14PM +0200, Oleg Kobets wrote: > > Maybe we can sell a pre-burned set's of cd's per order. I am willing to host > > and organize such a thing if people here will show their support on the > > matter. I have the means and a little time and money can be contributed to > > further promote Linux and sponsor parties and other Linux related > > activities. > > > > What do you think ? > > > > > Are you referring to both installation parties and to provide such a > service on a regular basis? > > In the case of installation parties I believe there is a need for at > least a few 10s of CDs. As someone else has pointed out, it is not > realistic to produce them with a home CD writer. I believe this is true > even if there is more then one CD writer. Which means that they have to > be produced by an industrial process. However I believe one has to order > a couple of 100s CDs for this to be cheap enough. > > BTW: I remember 2 posts lately looking for CDs. Were the CDs that were > looked for actually supplied? If so was that cheaper then guides.co.il? > Are there cheaper suppliers of Linux CDs then guides.co.il? I believe > Yotam is willing to supply Debian CDs for the cost of the media and > shipment or something like that on a regular basis. Are there other > people like him? > Personally I don't have a CD writer. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sagi Bashari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 12:11 AM > > Subject: Re: Reducing the number of CDs required for an installation party? > > > > > > > On 08/11/2002 23:21, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > > > >Yet I do believe that currently it will be best if every new installee > > > >will be given a CD set. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the party we had in Renanim many more people wanted a CD set for > > > themselves than actually wanted us to install it. We didn't have any > > > pre-burned CDs and only one functional burner, so only few actually got > > it. > > > > > > Maybe in the future we should sell CD sets (maybe ask someone who > > > already does it, like guides.co.il like someone already offered), > > > because giving away large quantities will be hard (actual burning time). > > > > > > Sagi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > Shaul Karl, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e t > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
