Re: [LUAU] France Surrenders to FOSS

2007-02-05 Thread Jim Thompson
because CDs are fragile. because you can't write to CDs (well, not unless they're CD-RWs) because CDs are *small*. becaus DSLinux is ... icky. On Feb 5, 2007, at 8:36 PM, 808blogger wrote: why not give away free cd's of DSLinux? thats significantly cheaper On 2/5/07, Jim Thompson <[EMAI

Re: [LUAU] France Surrenders to FOSS

2007-02-05 Thread 808blogger
why not give away free cd's of DSLinux? thats significantly cheaper On 2/5/07, Jim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 175,000 USB keys, $20 each, full of FOSS. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/ French_kids_get_open_source_on_USB/0,130061733,339273416,00.htm widget:~ jim$ bc -lq

[LUAU] France Surrenders to FOSS

2007-02-05 Thread Jim Thompson
175,000 USB keys, $20 each, full of FOSS. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/ French_kids_get_open_source_on_USB/0,130061733,339273416,00.htm widget:~ jim$ bc -lq 338/175000 19.31428571428571428571 2GB USB keys sell for $22 or so, quantity one. There are about 1864,000 students