On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Stanislav Meduna wrote:
>> 7.1 just might be okay, but 7.2 will be TOO LATE. In another
>> year, the sticker shock won't be so bad and the decision
>> to buy a DVD drive will be much easier, and lots of folk
>> will already have one.
>
>Sounds reasonable, but please, leave the possibility
>of CD based distribution, even if this means some
>more complicated stuff in the installer.
>
>The popularity of DVD in the US is probably big now, but
>this is not (yet) the situation everywhere where RH
>is installed - I doubt that in a year a majority of
>new computers in Europe will have a DVD installed.
>Right now the people installing Linux probably prefer
>a CD writer...
No one was suggesting the elimination of Red Hat on CDROM. That
would be completely insane for at least 5 or more years if not
10. Maybe 1 in 5-10 people or less has DVD right now is my
estimate. I don't and only a few people I know do.
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