[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos

Thu Sep 20 20:19:54 CEST 2012

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+On 20/09/12 12:13, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+> 2012/9/20 Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org>:
+>> 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
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