Uhm, waitaminute, how much is Ubuntu charging for several dozen CDs, then customs "charging" for their release? Not to mention the aggravation of the latter. I bet if you added the cost of a CD-R and the cost of shipping a single CD, that'd be cheaper, after maybe the 10th burn, than an order of 10 from Ubuntu.
Speaking of customs, you gotta understand that *any* item shipped in quantity will look like a commercial importation. For the customs inspectors, the "free beer" side of Ubuntu is irrelevant. Earlier posts in this thread have mentioned that. Besides, careful about wishing for "flexibility" in the handling of large quantities of, e.g., Ubuntu CDs. I betcha importers would jump at any flexibility that customs displays. As to shelling out money for blank disks, you don't have to do that -- you can ask those who'd like a copy to provide their own. Isn't that what PLUG and other LUGs do at cookfests? I know that the FreeBSD project requests you to order a CD from them, because they make a small amount of money from CD sales. That's really the only reason I can think of for ordering free software CDs in quantity. But then I *would* like to hear other reasons. Mabuhay. Original Message: ----------------- From: Lito Lampitoc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:51:23 +0800 You're right. But why should you waste money for a cdr and effort to burn when there's a free, nicely packed Ubuntu out there, just waiting to be shipped right to your doorstep? In my case, I'd like to distribute these Ubuntu CDs to students where PLUG are giving free Linux seminars since 2003. We don't have that much money to shell out for blank cdr. Unfortunately our Bureau of Customs doesn't have flexible policy for these charitable works :( -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
