ideas for linux/unix sig activities

[rodney at sabletech.com (Rodney Thayer)]

>>> what about a BCS LINUX/UNIX CD-ROM?  Or, a BCS CD-ROM done jointly by 
several
>>> groups?  I believe they are not that costly to 'publish' these days and it 
>>> would be a nice fund-raiser...
>>> 
>
>We've discussed this in the past. The two primary issues raised:
>
>1. Adding value. Why would someone want to buy our CDROM, as opposed
>   to, for example, the InfoMagic 4-CD set that's available for nine bucks
>   at Micro Center?

If it's a BCS-wide thing it's got the added value of the stuff being 
recommended in some sense by folks
who have actually used it.  How much data on those $3 CD-ROMS at Micro 
Center has any value?  If it said "BCS" on the front it would make a difference.

There ARE people who will buy something because they know who gets the 
profit.  That's why little community groups get away with selling cookbooks 
full of the same tuna-fish casarole recipies year after year.

If it's BCS-wide the volunteer pool is larger.

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