>> On rare occasions the GAP support list gets an email from someone with >> a slow internet connection (usually from a 3rd world country) who wants >> to use GAP. I think everyone would agree that it is important to support >> mathematicians in poorer countries and someone mails out a CD or DVD. >> In this case, I don't know where Walden U is but I don't think the situation >> is the same. I note he didn't say he did not have a fast enough connection, >> so >> it isn't clear to me why he cannot burn his own. > >I'm guessing he wants something that looks professionally labeled and >maybe shrink-wrapped. What do you think? > >I could actually have some DVD's professionally printed up (it cost < $5/per) >and shrink wrapped with printouts of the tutorial, and "sell" the combination >for $19.99/each... but that would lead me down a road I really don't want >to go down.
For both the Axiom project and the Rosetta project I burned a hundred CDs and packaged them. The personal cost, except for time, is fairly low. I'd estimate that 100 CDs, envelopes, and paper probably costs less than $100. total. Couldn't that be written out of the Sage project petty cash? Tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
