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posted by Steve Homepage E-mail, US, 16.04.2008, 11:32

> > Not long. But nobody is holding anybody hostage either. There is still
> the
> > question, How many users are you willing to leave behind?
>
> Dial-uppers? both of them :-)
In the US, millions, and for a lot of reasons. How many would get FPC if it were easier? I don't know, and neither do you. So the question stands, How many users are you willing to leave behind?

> Seriously, if it turns out to be a problem, they can turn to distributions
> on magazine CDs (e.g. the German language area is already covered that
> way,

Again, different in the very large US.

> and nearly any higher educational system has it somewhere anyway (due
> to Informatics Olympiad using it).
Fine for students, but which most users are not.

> > Actually, the dialup thing wasn't my main concern, but I'll note a few
> > solutions anyway.
> >
> > 1) Big parts of release packages are old. Build small packages with
> > updates only (actually good for any users).
>
> But what updates exactly?
Small updates that are now held until major release packages can be put together.

> There is btw also still a public SVN server
This is something to put in the webpage. And make binaries, not source only, available. Why should users be required to compile the compiler?

> > 2) Sell CDs with the full kit. Easy, might make some real money too. Even
> > people who have fast connections can appreciate the time and work they
> > save by not having to burn and test their own CDs.
>
> See above. That and more already done.
Also something for the webpage.

> We don't want to sell CDs ourselves
> currently, since there is no webshop knowledge in core.
Making/selling CDs can be outsourced, with info on the FPC webpage - consider, e.g., FreeDOS.

> But the main point is that we don't have any indications that this is
> currently an huge problem.
How could you? That is my point. But you might conduct an experiment - offer CDs for a while, and see if anybody buys them.

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