In your case, I believe the best option is to download and donate. The only problem is that most people forget part 2 - donate.
I grew up in another 3rd world country and understand this problem - there's no real solution. On 3/27/09, Christiano Farina Haesbaert <christiano...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/3/27 Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> > >> ... >> >> ... and how well does that work. A request for money to buy 3 new >> infrastructure machines gathered more donation money in 1 week >> ... than all the other donations for the previous 6 months. I often >> wonder how many of those were "FTP install donations". Very few, I >> think. Either there aren't a lot of people, or they are poor, or >> they lack the spirit. Shrug. >> >> > I believe you have to consider that international shipping is quite > expensive, not only for the shipping itself but because most people that > need it are from developing countries. > > Take my case for instance, I'm from Brazil, 1CDN is about R$1,83 (Brazilian > currency), take into the fact that 50CDN is about 1/5 of the monthly wages > (ok everyone that would use openbsd gets at least 4 minimum wages) plus > 30-40CDN of shipping costs, it's a lot of money, way more for us than for > europeans and or Canadians/North Americans. > Consider the population in BRIC countries plus all the Asia, billions of > people that don't have other option besides ordering. > > Yes, there is a distributor here, but it costs more than ordering, I believe > it is the same with the other countries. > What I'm trying to say is: Yes, people download because they are "poor". > > I bought myself a 4.4 poster and a t-shirt, and I would love to buy the 4.5 > CD and another poster, but it's quite a hit in my account, so I will end up > downloading... > > If we could only get those CDs for a cheaper price, I really believe the > outcome would be much better, I'm saying cheaper price for poor countries, I > guess it's better selling for a cheaper price than not selling at all. > > As for donations... I feel much better transfering money to a paypal account > as I do not feel "harmed" as I do when paying international shipping costs. > > Again: I'm not pointing a solution I'm only exploring the view of "Yes they > are poor" and I do NOT feel that the CDs itself are expensive, but with > international shipping FOR developing countries they then get expensive. > > Best Regards > > -- > Christiano Farina Haesbaert > > -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
