[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos

Thu Sep 20 12:28:50 CEST 2012

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+On 20/09/12 11:19, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+> 2012/9/19 Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org>:
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+>> On 19/09/12 15:53, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+>>>> Are paper magazines still relevant here? (true question)
+>>> Yes, they are an important distribution method. Additionally
+>>> there will be reviews/articles accompanying the cover DVDs.
+>>> Don't forget, this is cost free advertizing!
+>> 
+>> Interestingly, one of the leading UK computer magazines has just 
+>> stopped including cover media.  The reviews are still there, as
+>> is the "What's on this month's disk", but the disk is
+>> downloadable.
+> 
+> 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.
+
+> Cover media are a measurable cause of increasing sales - as this
+> chief editor told, issues with popular software on a DVD sell more
+> copies than without.
+> 
+> Even other kinds of media (tv program, lifestyle magazines and
+> others) have taken to adding DVDs on their issues.
+> 
+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.
+
+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.
+
+Anne
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