DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: Spiffy CDs

Hi BrotherScrim!
 

Since the time when you ordered, I have improved the CD a little,  the 80 mm rounds and the full size come in jewel case and the business card ones come in a vinyl sleeve (when BS got his it came in a zip-lock bag ).  The business card CDs are a bit higher quality too.  They are still labeled with a sharpy though.

I burn them one at a time from my hard drive too...

If people want a fancy CD I am willing to offer them -- heck, I'd like to have one.

One thing though, is I come with new releases often, do you think that would be a disincentive to buying one?

>Like Girl Scout Cookies
That's sort of how I see it too, making DSL is a hobby and I am really only standing on the shoulders of others in making it -- but the CD sales (and the trickle of donations) help support my hobby of improving DSL.

>Sad to say, but most Linux people are cheap.
Actually, I don't think that's true.  A lot of Linux users are not in a position to be paying for software, like folks from developing nations or students.  Yet, I've been surprised by the amount of orders and donations that have come in.  I wasn't expecting it.

Quote (John @ Oct. 07 2003,00:20)

Hi BrotherScrim!   Since the time when you ordered, I have improved the CD a little,  the 80 mm rounds and the full size come in jewel case and the business card ones come in a vinyl sleeve (when BS got his it came in a zip-lock bag ).  The business card CDs are a bit higher quality too.  They are still labeled with a sharpy though. I burn them one at a time from my hard drive too... If people want a fancy CD I am willing to offer them -- heck, I'd like to have one. One thing though, is I come with new releases often, do you think that would be a disincentive to buying one? >Like Girl Scout Cookies That's sort of how I see it too, making DSL is a hobby and I am really only standing on the shoulders of others in making it -- but the CD sales (and the trickle of donations) help support my hobby of improving DSL. >Sad to say, but most Linux people are cheap. Actually, I don't think that's true.  A lot of Linux users are not in a position to be paying for software, like folks from developing nations or students.  Yet, I've been surprised by the amount of orders and donations that have come in.  I wasn't expecting it.

At first I thought that there might not be much interest in a spiffy disc because you're cranking out a new .iso every week.

But again, buying the disc is more for people making a donation: If you're the person who is thinking about clicking the "donation" link on the page, why not buy a slick disc? And it's not like the discs are useless.  Heck, even if you don't want it anymore, you could pass the disc on.

It's a shame they don't make biz-card CDRWs - and not just for DSL, either.  They're smaller than a floppy, they hold 50MB, and any computer that has a CD-ROM can read them.

Oh, and John:  I'll make you a couple neat looking ones that are blank soon.  The missus is sick and she's the artist, so I don't feel like pushing her to do some artwork.

hey.. let's take it easy, guys!
I mean...if you don't want to pay..nobody will come to your home and point a gun to your head!
if you are willing to..well you may be more satisfied with a fancy business card. or you may not.
but saying that this is "pointless" sounds really exagerated to me.
Personally I'm waiting for my card to arrive and when it happens, I'll be satisfied anyway. But I DO like fancy cds. So I thinks it's a good idea.
Personally I don't think that a person that can afford a 5 dollars cd cannot affort a 5,5 dollar cd; or a 6 bucks one.
come on!

I also agree with daniele on the "to beer or not to beer" point. every persons that can plug a pc into a phone line and surf the net is probably rich enought to buy a beer, or a funny t-shirt, or a nice pair of sunglasses. The choice of where you spend your (little or much) money depends on you. just that.

to john: frequent realeases aren't a problem, in my opinion, as long as you garantee that you burn the latest. But if there's a artwork on the business card or cd, then this artwork should not contain the release number. It  would be very expensive to print few copies. bulk orders are cheaper.
I don't now if I explained my point.