+1 for USB. That's actually a bit more useful these days. I'm curious; when do we actually distribute install media, other than at events?
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 4 September 2014 11:14, Jiri Eischmann <eischm...@redhat.com> wrote: > >> Matthew Miller píše v Čt 04. 09. 2014 v 12:38 -0400: >> > On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 04:33:48PM +0200, Jiri Eischmann wrote: >> > > That's a question. I wrote off physical media for the cloud product >> > > right away, but I'm not sure about the server. We didn't reach a >> > > consensus in FAmSCo. Some say they have installed server OSes from a >> DVD >> > > recently. That's why we asked Christoph to reach out to the server >> > >> > Random thought: What if we ship the server as a preconfigured VM on the >> > workstation media? >> >> This sounds like an interesting idea to me. I have no idea how it would >> behave and if it'd be usable running Fedora live, but it's worth trying. >> >> > In general, I think it would be nice to target our media giveaways to >> the >> > audience. >> > >> > If we're reaching out to developers (DevOps Days, Velocity), Workstation >> > media makes sense. (With or without the server VM idea). >> > >> > For LISA, the developer desktop target isn't going to be so >> interesting, and >> > maybe server media would indeed be valuable. Although from last year, >> most >> > people taking the media were looking to try it on their laptops, or just >> > collecting souvenirs -- people who were really interested in doing a >> Fedora >> > server deploy would mostly do a network install. (I guess the question >> is >> > whether that "souvenir" install media would actually sometimes convince >> > people to try it where they wouldn't otherwise, because, hey, I've got >> it >> > already with no need hunt for the download link or to find a blank USB >> stick >> > or DVD.) >> > >> > If we feel like we have the budget for it, *and* people are willing to >> make >> > and test it, I don't think it hurts to have the multi-desktop DVD >> available >> > for distribution where we feel like the targetted message won't resonate >> > anyway. I guess I'm mostly thinking of LUGs where the userbase is mostly >> > interested in tinkering and trying multiple desktops is more of a draw. >> > Actually, LISA might be an example of that too -- although "you can >> > net-install from this and pick the desktop of your choice" would >> probably >> > satisfy. >> >> Ok, let me put the ideas in the cost perspective: >> In EMEA if we order 5000 DVDs of one kind (same content, same graphics) >> we pay ~ $1750. >> If we order 1000 DVDs then the price is ~$800. >> >> So if we for example order 5 different DVDs, 1000 pieces each, the total >> price will be: $4000. >> >> > How many USB 8 gb sticks could we order with that money (the 1750?)? And > how instead of giving it away we went to a 'earn the fob by sharing or > helping someone else' system? > > While DVD's are useful in some regions, I agree that the amount of money > to burn throw away media might be better spent on things people can use > multiple times in different ways. > > -- > Stephen J Smoogen. > > > -- > marketing mailing list > marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing >
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