UUGers, We've been working on a major revision to the SSS cd. We're completely redesigning the interface (by a professional designer), developing a quality assurance/testing process, and organizing all the information such that the disc can be created automatically from data. We're also including on the disc all the documentation and tools needed to "roll your own" cd. We're really going to have something usefull when we're done.
Interestingly, the direction we're going will result in a product remarkably similar to the Open CD. In fact, we considered just dropping the disc in favour of the Open CD, but decided against it, for the following reasons: 1) our disc already has more software on it than the Open CD does 2) our data organization will make it very easy to update the disc quickly 3) the disc can be a bit of a missionary opportunity, by generating good will for the UUG, BYU and the church. When we get this next edition ready to go, we're going to try to get others to mirror it, as well as coordinating a bit torrent effort, and hopefully getting an announcement on slashdot. When our graphic designer heard of the big plans, he suggested that the name should be changed, to reflect the focus on a broader audience than just college students. Can anyone suggest a new name? Andrew has stipulated that it needs to be "catchy" -- and "The Open CD" is taken. :) Any thoughts? Dave ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
