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- <li><em>date</em>: Wed May 5 08:59:03 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)</li>
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On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 08:52, Matthew Brown wrote:
> Reminds me of that joke about the guy in the balloon running across a tech
> support attendant on a hill and asking "Where am I?" The tech replies, "In
> a balloon." The joke goes on from there.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of Chris
> Fowler
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 8:47 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: RE: [ale] Suse 9.1 Consortium # 1 - closed
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> On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 08:39, Matthew Brown wrote:
> > One question: Even though I signed up to share the cost of buying one
> > copy of SUSE 9.1, I must have missed the initial post on this. Why is
> > this a consortium?
> >
> >
> > Matthew Brown
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> > Chris Fowler
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 8:30 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Suse 9.1 Consortium # 1 - closed
> >
> > I offered to use our snail mail system as distribution. I live in
> > Buford so I know no one wants to come and visit me :) I have the time to
> make copies.
> > DVD's are easier for me but I can also do CS's.
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 16:51, Greg wrote:
> > > ok, since we 1)have a lot of folks, 2)I don't have time to
> > > administer a large consortium and 3)so far we have not decided how
> > > we are going to distribute the disto I am closing it to further
> > > members. I think we have enough to get this done in a reasonable
> > > time in a reasonable
> > manner.
> > >
> > > However, anyone else who wants to form another please feel free to do so
> !
> > >
> > >
> > > While we are in a holding pattern ...
> > >
> > > The current membership as it stands is :
> > >
> > > Geoffrey (maybe)
> > > Eric
> > > Greg
> > > Courtney
> > > Adam
> > > Christopher
> > > John
> > > James
> > > Matthew
> > > Matthew
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > > Estimated total purchase: $63 USD
> > > Per individual for 10 : $6 USD
> > > Per individual for 11 : $6 USD
> > >
> > > Current Options to get the info:
> > > KSU gets it
> > > We purchase it at CompUSA
> > > We purchase it online and pay the VAT to help our European allies
> > > We purchase it online and screw Europe out of the VAT
> > > We invite Suse to give a presentation at an ALE meeting and hold
> > them
> > > hostage for (currently) 7 copies of fresh-pressed 9.1 goodness
> > > (preferred option as it kills 2 birds with one stone)
> > >
> > > Current options to share the info:
> > > One person burns 6 copies for everyone else and donates a disk to
> > > everyone else and keeps the originals.
> > > We pass the original disks around and every person burns their own.
> >
> > > We draw straws to see who keeps the originals.
> > > One person copies it to an FTP server and everyone downloads it.
> > > We bring a pc with a burner to an ALE meeting and make 7 copies
> > > We all bring PC's with burners to an ALE meeting and network
> > > everything together, burning all the while.
> > > * all the above options but substitute DVD for CD
> > >
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
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