-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 20/09/12 12:13, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > 2012/9/20 Anne Wilson <[email protected]>: >> On 20/09/12 11:19, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: >>> >>> This is the reason why over here nobody thinks of abandoning >>> the cover media. Quite to the opposite as I learned from a >>> conversation with a chief editor earlier this year. Cover media >>> are very popular because they cater to the needs of people with >>> slow net access. >> >> Yes, I suspect that this need will be very variable, >> geographically. > > Says a resident in the UK with superfast internet for everybody. > :) > The situation here is slowly improving, but I accept that larger countries also have larger areas with less coverage.
>> Something apparently for nothing is always attractive to many, >> but the eco lobby is becoming increasingly important. I'm not >> advocating dropping the media disks for now, just being aware >> that the situation needs to be watched for the future. > > Well, for computer magazines it's not "for nothing". The popular > magazines are coming in 2 flavors, one with cover media, the other > without. Guess which is cheaper. > Guess which ones are on the news-stands? I've never seen one without the cover media. >> Irrelevant to this discussion, but I feel increasingly guilty >> about disposing of frequent "bumper *buntu distro" disks. Since >> I subscribe the several magazines they have been coming in >> threes. That's a lot of disks in a year. > > That is the reason I stopped subscribing years ago. I only buy a > magazine if I am interested in an article or I want the cover > media. So I don't feel guilty. > > Anyhow, I don't think that this part of the discussion even has an > impact on cover media. As long as we have a live DVD or CD (with > German language) the German magazines will get what they need > (this goes for all other countries as well). > Sure. Subject closed :-) Anne - -- Need KDE help? Try http://userbase.kde.org or http://forum.kde.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBbXkgACgkQj93fyh4cnBf+0wCdE6dXuNT+iI6dw1ywREouIKwK +IEAn3rz6JUkDOC5TrruHqKH3QXvOBml =j+XT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
