On Dec 15, 2007 2:40 AM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2007 10:12 PM, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a student, I probably wouldn't buy a DVD if it was $20 and probably > > would forget about it later and wouldn't download Sage. I probably also > > wouldn't need a printed version of the tutorial even if I did get the > > DVD. I *would* probably buy a DVD, say in a paper slipcase with the > > tutorial on the DVD, if it was under $5, though. It would be an > > absolute no-brainer to buy and try if it was something like $2. > > > > *jason jumps up on his soapbox* > [...] > > Here's my brother's response (he owns the shrinkwrapping equipment, etc., we > would use). I agree with him. I think we should give things away, but we > could have a "tax-deductible donations flier" printed up for when people ask > about paying (because they want to -- this happens to me all the time). > This will probably make everyone happy, since they can save on their taxes, > etc., and help us out all at once. And the UW website makes it > easy for people to donate via the web to Sage.
I wonder if you'd want to add a line where if they donate over $X then they get a SAGE t-shirt mailed to them? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dennis Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Dec 14, 2007 11:34 PM > Subject: Re: [sage-devel] Re: DVDs and Posters > To: William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I've got an idea... since printing the manual and flyers and > shrinkwrapping cost me almost nothing, let me print 20 of them up just > for free and then you can do whatever you want with them on the first > day and decide if you want more of them for the rest of the meeting. > I think getting the DVDs in as many hands as possible is probably the > best strategy. Quantity is very important because in situations like > this, you never know which seeds may grow, so the more seeds you > plant, the better. If you're going to do $2, why not make it free? > Back in the Hotmail days, I bet growth would have been much slower if > an account had been $2 instead of free. Think of passing out the DVDs > as a marketing expense for the sage project, just like paying for the > booth, printing up flyers, paying for a keyword search on Google, or > any other way you get the word out there. You can probably find a > vendor in Seattle to print graphics on blank DVDs for you for a pretty > low cost or I can have them waiting for you in San Diego. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
