[haiku] Re: What are plans for "pysical copies" of Haiku R1?
- From: Matthew Nawrocki <matthew.nawrocki@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 22:03:25 -0400
That sounds like a great idea Kevin. Of course, I would push for
glass-pressed CDs (like the ones you get in a store) since, not only are
they more durable, it would be much more professional then simply sticking a
burned and labeled CD in a box. just my two cents here.
Matt
2010/5/13 Kevin Ar18 <kevinar18@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I recall some past mention of Haiku artwork for CDs (Alpha 2 I think?).
>
> Anyways, I was curious as to what (if any) plans are there for physical
> materials for Haiku R1's release?
> Am I correct in that everyone was assuming most copies would be downloaded
> and that the rest would just be distributed by a simple CD or Flash drive?
> Or was there more planned?
>
> -----
> Why do I ask?
> Well, I wonder if maybe I could have a small role in whatever was planned
> in terms of physical materials for R1. Not any big role mind you... just to
> help out if you needed any help in that area.
>
> Since I have no idea what you all were planning (or maybe what some of you
> were thinking in private)... I will just relay a few things that I had in
> mind (though not everything I had in mind).
>
>
> Basically, I was wondering if it might be possible to actually create a
> Haiku R1 box that can be sold (revenue going to Haiku development). It
> would include things like an R1 CD with nice logo/art on it. An actual
> paper manual of Haiku and a paper manual for the development environment.
> ... and of course whatever else you think would be nice to have or useful (a
> cd with apps? a collectible box with: a poster, some plastic collectible,
> and actual signed material from the Haiku devs?)
>
> ... ok, by now everyone probably assumes I'm crazy what with the costs and
> all, but I was thinking.... might it actually be possible to achieve
> something major like this with a pre-order type system? Basically, you
> would not have to put any money upfront. The money for production would
> come from the pre-orders to allow you to make a production run of a certain
> amount (more than the actual pre-orders).
> If there are not enough pre-orders for a production run, well the whole
> thing gets cancelled with no money spent. If there are enough pre-orders to
> pay for a production run, people are then charged and the boxes made.
>
> Of course I assume all that was really planned was a cd with a logo on it
> for R1 -- and I am perfectly fine if that's all that is done. If that is
> all you would like to do for R1, I guess there's not much help you need for
> that is there? :) Still, if you needed some kind of research done (like
> getting prices from several dozen companies months ahead of time), I guess I
> could help out that way. :)
>
> Kevin
>
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