Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:46:09 -0500 From: "Todd Robinson" <todd@webpath.net> To: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD in the Press Message-ID: <20051108184153.M98375@webpath.net>
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From an article on=20 SoftwareCEO.com - "Burn-on-demand" for small developers. [1]h= ttp://www.softwareceo.com/index_tip_4.php =20 =20 =20 "Burn-on-demand" for small=20 developers. =20 A new service at On-Disk.com takes a page from the print-on-demand=20 book =20 publishers like [2]www.lulu= .com=20 now operating in many=20 countries. =20 =20 Say you're an amateur or open-source developer, or you're working on a=20 skunk =20 works project with no budget. Or maybe you've got an older version that's= =20 no =20 longer supported, but you get an occasional request for=20 it. =20 =20 In any case, you've got software to distribute, but you don't want the=20 hassle =20 of shipping CDs. And you don't have the spare bandwidth to start=20 offering =20 downloads. =20 =20 Just sign up with On-Disk.com and set your own price for your software.=20 Then =20 direct any customers to the On-Disk.com website, and the company will=20 take =20 care of all the messy details of collecting money, burning CDs, and=20 shipping =20 them around the=20 world. =20 =20 In return, they keep a base charge for each disc. You can distribute up to= =20 800 =20 Megs of software on CD for a base price of only $3.99 plus 10 percent=20 of =20 whatever you charge beyond the base. For example, if you charge $20, you=20 get =20 $14.41. =20 =20 There's a complete price chart on their=20 website. =20 =20 The company pays out whenever you accumulate $250. There's no minimum run= =20 of =20 discs, and no set-up charge to start an account. That sounds like a=20 square =20 deal to=20 us. =20 =20 The new site is a spin-off of Karlie Robinson's web development firm,=20 Webpath =20 Technologies. =20 =20 "It's really no frills," she says. "At these prices, it's no= t=20 cost-effective =20 for us to do a box, or any sort of user manual. But we can print a=20 full-color =20 label." =20 =20 And she prides herself on the high-quality discs she cranks out on her=20 13-bay "Burn-Monster" machine running=20 FreeBSD. =20 The site's growing catalog features software like GIMP (GNU Image=20 Manipulation =20 Program), OpenOffice, and Netscape. Beyond software, there are DVDs of=20 some =20 classic Popeye and Superman cartoons in the public domain. The price:=20 less =20 than $4 each.=20 =20 References 1. 3D"http://www.softwareceo.com/index_tip_4.php" 2. 3D"http://www.lulu.com/"
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