On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Rob wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 11:38, Teletchéa Stéphane wrote: > > Last time, is there a chance one could have an iso without > > paying ? >
Of course, either you have contributed, or you can wait. Note, the big issue is to ensure that boxed sets from the store are delivered "sooner" compared to the ISO release. If I have to choose between ISOs or a Prosuite DVD-only 3 weeks later, I will take ISOs, if I have to decide between ISOs or Prosuite DVD about the same time, I will take a Prosuite DVD. Mandrakesoft is purely ensuring that people don't take lazy decisions like in the past. > Torrents will be available within a day of it going up on the > club, I can almost guarantee it. I'm a club member and that's > how I plan on getting my copy, anyway. In my experience, > torrents are faster than the fastest mirror once they get going. I would discourage you from doing this (unless you have some means of ensuring that only club members can access the torrent, which at present is probably impossible). Sure, you may gain some new friends who download the torrent, but will there be another release for them to run? If you want Mandrakesoft to survive, you will want them to be able to generate revenue. Building and distributing ISOs will undermine that ability. torrent'ing the official ISOs from MandrakeClub will undermine that ability. Since I don't have bandwidth (besides to our local ftp mirror), I will probably be buying a Prosuite DVD, and will install with that for any friends, but I'm not about to rip it to an ISO and put it up n said FTP mirror ... If you don't want Mandrakesoft to survive, why do you bother running Mandrake? Think about this one carefully ... Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
