On 7/13/99 10:46 PM, DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>people expect pressed CD's from companies (imagine the tech support calls:
>"Why the heck is this cd _green_? Is it growing mold?") and the pressed
I ship software on cd-r's to customers (don't have enough--yet--to
justify pressing a thousand cds) and I haven't had any complaints, or
problems.
>But even if there were no dumb end users, if there are 40mb of OpenCard
>source (remember: minimum file size on a CD is 24K, 1700 1-byte files would
>accomplish that! Add in a resource fork, and you'd only need 850).
Solve both this problem, and that of nosy end users, by compressing the
whole lot into a Stuffit Archive. One file is easier to hide, and a
Stuffit Archive takes only as much space as the actual stuffed size of
the files in it (except for the last block).
>
>>
>>>I don't think the Artistic allows the sources to be sold for money. And
>>>even if it did, let's imagine average programmer:
>>>
>>> "Hmmm.... I can download this from opencard.org for free or I can
>>> pay $30 to buy it from Joe..."
People will pay for the cd if: the download is large, and will take a
long time for them; the installation is complex, and might need to be
done repeatedly; they just like having a physical thing to point at and
say, "there's my software;" the company selling the cd offers
installation support, or general support, as part of the package; other
reasons, I'm sure.
gc
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