nate wrote: > ML wrote: > >> HI All, >> > > >> downloading and burning myself. I am actually planning on ordering >> CentOS 5.4 media when available to support the project. >> > > Most distros/OSs provide that service built in - > https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ > http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html > http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ > http://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE > http://store.mandriva.com/?cPath=149 > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/OnlineVendors > http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=24 > > Myself I never trusted those CD burning shops, I recall on a > couple of occasions getting bad CDs back in the day(which > given the number of times I bought such CDs the ratio was > pretty high). Much happier with real pressed CDs. > > Then there are the various linux/open source events where > endless distributions hand out free CDs. > > >> Does anyone think these store make any money? (Linux CD Mall, Linux CD >> Shop, Linux Central...etc) >> > > Not off the CDs. > > >> Wouldn't someone selling a set for a few dollars plus shipping clean up? >> > > I wouldn't think so, not off the CDs alone. Where is the > value add? > > Demand just isn't there. Even when I was still on dialup > v90 for the most part I still downloaded ISOs. Leave it > on overnight and it's usually done by morning. Prior to > those days on occasion I'd buy a CD, my memory from back > then is foggy. > > Which I suspect is why most of those other places like > linux central and stuff offered things like stuffed tuxes, > stickers, and other gadgets. Still have a few of those > myself.. > > nate > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Hi, Here in South Africa, one of the members of TLUG - Pretoria University (Tuks) Linux User Group is paying his way through Varsity by doing this - YMMV ChrisG