Arg, forgot the mailing list :) On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 14:55, Chris Deigan wrote: > Sorry to everyone - > I meant in the way which if every distro gave $5 off SLUG membership > regardless of who makes the profit or who makes the CDs. > > If somebody buys a $35 redhat book set, or one of those minibooks from a > newsagent, how can slug cover its cost of handing out $5 :D > > Hope that clears that up > > On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 11:52, Peter Hardy wrote: > > Good morning! > > > > Did I mention that I really, *really* detest top-posting? :-) > > > > On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:12:45 +1100 Jon Biddell wrote: > > > So why offer the discount at all for one distro ??? > > > > Basically because that's the only one anybody's bothered to brand with a > > SLUG logo and distribute. The last time the committee spoke about it, > > we were all for packaging other distributions in a similar way. Anybody > > setting out to do so will get at least as much support from SLUG as > > Bruce did (which admittedly wasn't a great deal - but that's because > > he was so damn good at doing it on his own). > > > > So yeah. Now we've done it once, it should be much easier to do it > > again. If you want to see $favourite_distro in the shops as well, talk > > to Bruce, and mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > There are one or two fairly minor reasons why I personally would > > choose Debian for something like this, but that's drifting off-topic, > > and dangerously close to yet another distro flamewar. > > > > > =>Thats like saying, by burning your own cd-set you've saved $5 > > > =>off slug membership. > > > > Not at all. Putting these CDs in bookshops is a great way to get Linux > > out to people who might not see it otherwise. The membership discount > > lets them know about SLUG, and what we can offer. It also, > > incidentally, hopefully gets us more members. :-) > > > > Is anybody reading this after buying the CD? > > > > -- > > Pete -- Chris Deigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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