RE: updates not over the web

[Binyon Steve Contr Det 4 AFC2TIG/ASRCC <Steve Binyon kirtland af mil>]

Yea, I agree it would be an expense on RH side to supply CDs, but it may
pass as a paid service for us big corporate users (but I'm still thinking on
that one).  The krud site is interesting, seems they are doing the same
thing that I'm doing.
smbinyon

-----Original Message-----
From: Rodolfo J. Paiz [mailto:rpaiz indahaus com]
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:27 AM
To: redhat-list redhat com
Subject: Re: updates not over the web


At 1/31/2002 10:13 AM -0800, you wrote:
>you'd think redhat would supply update cds at a reasonable cost...
>saves them bandwidth and could even turn a small profit

KRUD. http://www.tummy.com/krud

Unfortunately not practical for most places in the world. Even if RedHat 
supplied the CD for free (not a good move), the costs of international 
shipping and the delays are not worth it. The Internet is--by far--the most 
efficient means to distribute such a thing; it's just that the 
infrastructure in many places needs to catch up. But the *physical* 
transport of stuff is too expensive.

Thank God in a few days I'm out of this country and back to Guatemala and 
my DSL line (flow-limited to 128Kbps, but what the hell). <smile>


-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz indahaus com



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