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Re: UpComing COMPUTAX





On Fri, 19 May 1995, Uri Hanani wrote:

> On Thu, 18 May 1995, Alexandre Khalil wrote:
> 
> > > I am sure there is a much cheaper way though... I just ordered from the 
> > > US 8 sets of InfoMagik's 4CD set, and it is less than $25 for a package 
> >      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > I bought my 4 CD InfoMagic set in Houston for $15 plus tax.  

> but $25 is the official price from Info Magic. what you bought was from a 
> reseller...  

  Yes

> > It should be possible to get down to $12 for a group purchase (+ S/H)

> you need to officially have an import license for those amounts.

  oh. I did not realize that.
 
> I'll tell you what. I think Info magic for all the reasons.

  Agreed: after two versions of Yggdrasil, I am happily going to InfoMagic

> 1. first installation - you will need a FS setup and ready kernel. - all 
> available in Slackware. all the packadges have it.
> 2. IM is only SLIGHTLY more expensive, but has 4 CDs inside with full 
> mirrors of sites that are VERY slow for Israelis.

  Absolutely.  You have tsx11 *and* sunsite.

> 3. next years, when you want to upgrade, you will also want an update of 
> all thw software you started using since installing the Linux - On 
> Infomagic you will again find the sunsite mirror, only updated.
 
> to conclude: the $9 CD is good for mass buying if you want to distribute 
> it here in Israel, but I take the IM anyday.

  I am not suggesting to buy the $9 CD: just pointing out that the list 
price of one Linux CD is $9 and the bulk price much less.  All of this to 
say that printing your own seems overkill.
 
alex

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