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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 08:39:25 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: wkt@cs.adfa.oz.au, PDP Unix Preservation <pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au>
Subject: Re: PDP UNIX and CD-ROMs
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In-Reply-To: <199803012147.IAA01813@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>; from Warren Toomey on Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 08:47:07AM +1100
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On Mon,  2 March 1998 at  8:47:07 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> All,
> 	re the question `Are CD-ROMs the best method of distributing the
> PUPS archive of PDP-11 UNIX material'? The answer is: it's a good method, for
> the following reasons:
> 
> 	+ you can't easily write over the CD-ROM
> 	+ impervious to magnetic fields
> 	+ the PUPS archive is always going to be changing, as I find and
> 	  add new stuff to it.
> 	+ the SCO license enforces that I get written permission before I
> 	  pass anything to a third party. Taking this in a conservative
> 	  fashion, this might rule out a password-protected ftp archive.
> 	  However, I'll check with Dion at SCO on this.
> 	+ we can only charge fees for copying and distribution, and cannot
> 	  make money on the CD-ROMs
> 
> Therefore, treat the archive CD-ROM like you would the FreeBSD or Linux
> distributions on CD-ROM: they will go out of date, but you can purchase
> new versions of the CD-ROM, and they should be relatively inexpensive.

I still miss the distinction between CD-ROMs and WORMs.  CD-ROMs are
relatively expensive in small quantities, not just because of the
setup costs, but also because of the wastage involved.  WORMs
(writeable CD-ROMs) are probably a better choice for the anticipated
volume.

Greg