On 7/31/05, Patrick Barnes <nman64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The URL you pointed out provides only very limited information, and > lists only online vendors. It is far from the kind of comprehensive > information often sought by OEM distributors and local vendors. So let me get this straight... you want a fedora website, to list business information about distributors who have absolutely no online information? I'm not sure that makes a hell of a lot of sense. It's very easy to get a static url hosted somewhere with contact information. What are you going to suggest instead of a url... the street address? "Fedora Core Cds $5, Joe's Apartment, E. 128th St. NYC" But first things first... show me an example of a distributor who is selling fedora install media who has absolutely no contact information on the web. Let's see if we can't get them on the exist list instead of inventing a new list. I think you are making some assumptions about how flexible the existing vendor list is. Perhaps when the list was created noone gave a thought to url-less distributors because quite frankly it seems very logical that someone who was distributing fedora would have a url, advertising they were distributing fedora. So just give me one example of a local distributor that has no contant url, and we can work from there to get them listed. > It would be nice to provide one clear source for information on > obtaining Fedora, no matter what media the person is after. A person > might visit the site thinking the only way they can get Fedora is by > downloading ISO images. Upon arriving at the site, they could be > presented with options to purchase CDs online, find a local distributor, > learn about efforts like the LiveCD project, use BitTorrent, or even > conducting Internet or network installations after downloading just a > small ISO image. pretty sure there is going to be some disagreement as to whether or not its worthwhile to recommend inexperienced users to attempt to do an internet install. While it is technically possible, it also has additional risks due to volatility of the network.... doubly so during release week when the mirrors are hammered. I don't see any advantage in encouraging novice users into attempting an install method that we know runs a higher risk of undiagnosable problems. Network installs from a local network are covered in the install guide I believe. And how about we hold off on talking about the livecd until we actually have a livecd. -jef -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
