David Aikema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Am I the only one who thinks that this business model of shipping
> distros via 
> mail is getting rather outdated?

nope.
 
> Burning your own cds seems so much more convenient (saves lots of
> shipping 
> time) and a lot cheaper when shipping costs are cut out.  Of course if
> you're 
> were desperate for printed documentation or something stuff like that
> could 
> be shippable.. but for the rest why not just burn your own cds.

show me the iso's and I'll gladly burn them... just haven't found any
yet myself.
 
> I'm thinking of a payment method sorta along the lines of Mandrake's 
> donations page... but this time nonoptional and with a charge per
> gigabyte of 
> data downloaded from suse's ftp servers or something.... buy an ftp
> account 
> and transfer quota instead of paying for a nice box.

works if you have a credit card - I don't use them myself as the intrest
rate is absurd.

-- 
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