At 11:26 AM 11/29/00 -0500, Rick Onanian wrote:
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>CDROM: Fine, but most don't have burners, and very inconvenient
>to re-burn everytime; suggestions for this have been to use a
>combo CD and floppy together. That might work...for those who
>don't have a burner, somebody (me?) can burn & sell cheaply. ;)
How realistic is this as an option? My guess is that it works at a very
small scale (a few CDs per month), or on large scale (whatever volume places
like Cheapbytes work at), but is tough going as midsize scales, the level
where you have to be a real business (licensed, keeping tax records, hiring
people, etc.) but lack the volume to be efficient.
There was one LRP-like company (using an RH-derived small distro, as I
recall) that attempted to make money selling preconfigured, floppy-based
systems for about $25 (for just the configured disk). If this rings a bell,
you might see if that company is still operating, to get a sense of how
realistic a business like this one is ... probably more realistic as a
CD-based distro, but not sure if it is realistic enough ....
(And yes, Rick, I did see te smiley, so I know that the suggestion is at
least partly whimsical. I'm pursuing it because I continue to be skeptical
of the viability of business models based on selling Open Source/free
software. Here, I'm wondering whether the service component can be provided
efficiently enough to allow someone to make a profit, at output scales above
hobbyist level, by providing configuration and customization services.)
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