2012/9/20 Anne Wilson <an...@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. :) > 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. > 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). -- wobo