Diwakar - tamil.com rearranged electrons thusly:
> linux india cdrom is an excellent idea. but do we have enough bandwidth to
> download huuuuge programs by ftp? or enough money to stay online for hours
> and hours for the sake of downloading linux distros, programs? Suresh, i'm
Actually, my point is re the distribution.
> saying this from a lower middleclass internet user's point of view! if one
> spends time on downloading it, we might enjoy a heart attack after seeing the
> telephone bill.
As for the downloading, if each local LUG sets up mirrors, the local lug people
needn't sit around downloading it, they can go over to the hosting site and
burn CDs for themselves (assuming the servers are local and not colos in the
USA or somewhere)
> will a linux-cdrom-on-demand work out? isnt it financially more viable?
On demand - yes (where a master is built and maintained - perhaps on hard disk)
- people who want can come and burn what they please (as long as they bring
their own CDs)
That way, stuff from existing CDs need not be ripped out and kept on disks.
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
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