Re: Official CDs maybe?

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>]

On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Cem Kayali wrote:

> I've been surfing through several linux distributions' and as well as 
> *BSDs' sites, and noticed that some of them (including OpenBSD and 
> FreeBSD) offer official CDs. I would like to ask whether it is good idea 
> releasing (pre-ordering) offical (maybe boxed, too) NetBSD5 CDs and 
> DVDs? It could be a good gift for friends and would be a merchandize to 
> support NetBSD too...

Yes, it is a good idea.

These days boxed sets and physical media may not sell well so probably not 
worth mass production costs. But maybe you can research various 
no-upfront-charge distributors like lulu, cafepress and others to see what 
is a good idea for this.

http://www.lulu.com/en/products/cd_dvd/?cid=en_product_portal

http://software.cafepress.com/?topic=394

I think others do boxed sets too.