[Ambassadors] DVD Media for North America

[Brian Powell]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Clint Savage <herlo1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So I anticipated this somewhat, but was hoping the prices were a bit
> closer to the CD media.  It turns out the media company we chose for
> replicating CDs gave us a great price:
>
> Item                            Quantity       Price per Disc
> Total Price
>
> x86 Live CDs                3000             $.576                       $1728
>
> These discs are in production and are slated to arrive on my doorstep
> December 23.  (A discussion of distribution has already been had, so
> please don't address that here.)
>
> Unfortunately, and it makes total sense, the DVD media requires more
> components and such, so the pricing is a bit higher:
>
> x86 Install DVDs          3000            $.785                        $2355
> x86_64 Install DVDs    3000            $.785                        $2355
>
> Which brings us to the dilemma.  The budget we just finished at
> yesterday's meeting indicates that we wanted two runs of DVDs at
> $1800.  Had I been thinking about it, the costs should have been
> higher for DVDs over CDs, so I apologize for the at oversight.
> However, the dilemma still remains, thus we have some options.  I
> discussed some of this with folks in IRC this evening and here are the
> options I see possible.
>
> Option 1:  Produce Live CDs for x86_64 as well as a smaller run of x86
> Install DVDs (approximately $1800 worth)
> Option 2:  Produce smaller amounts of the installer DVDs (both x86 and
> x86_64), approximately 2300 could be produced at this price.  The
> price point might be higher, I've got an email into the media company
> asking this exact question.
> Option 3:  Produce more Live CDs of x86_64 and then add Live CDs for
> x86 (or respins if they are ready soon).  This would ignore the
> install DVDs totally, and isn't an unreasonable idea, but I'm not for
> this one.
>
> There are probably other options, combinations of these that I didn't
> list because of time/space.  If you think one of these are viable,
> let's talk about them over the next couple days.  I'd like to place
> the order on Friday before 5pm EST.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Clint
>
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Clint,

My opinion is Option 2:  Produce smaller amounts of the installer DVDs
(both x86 and
x86_64),

In my experience I have more people asking for install DVD's than I do
live's, so I would sooner go with a smaller run of live's than I would
install DVD's.

Just my 2 cents.

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Brian Powell
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