RE: DVD?

["Terry Katz" <katz@advanced.org>]

I believe we had a brief discussion about this on debian-devel ... ( if I
recall correctly ) ..

What it basically comes down to, is first, dvd-r's are expensive for the
public ($5400), but not as you say for having someone burn in mass, but ..
DVD drives are not 'standard' devices as of yet .. (if you look at the
majority of the public, CDROM's are still the standard large storage medium
in use).

Its a good idea, but not for right now .. perhaps in a year or so DVD roms
will become the 'standard' device, but as of yet, they are not .. (perhaps
even this holiday season they could become a popular gift, who knows...)

-Terry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:jgg@ualberta.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 4:37 AM
> To: debian-cd@lists.debian.org
> Subject: DVD?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I think it would be really great if someone stepped forward and contacted
> the various vendors that produce Debian CDs and determine what they would
> want in order to press DVDs of Debian.
>
> DVD-R's are horribly expensive but pressing them en mass is not. We
> should really seriously look into getting a DVD version of the Dist out
> there.
>
> I think the best way to go about this is to talk to the vendors who
> already produce CD sets of Debian and coordinate with them to have them
> produce an image and send it over to their disc supplier. But negotiations
> with them should be started now that we have frozen.
>
> Could somone(s) volenteer to deal with this?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
>
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