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Re: [Sheflug] linux format DVD issue (is it a ripoff?)



Yeh, I had not figured on the connection, but then my connections free 
(to me) leased line at work :)


  dave.


Will Newton wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 Apr 2002 5:03 pm, David Holden wrote:
> 
> 
>>  just bought the April 2002 of linux format (DVD verions) £6.49 !!
>>
>>  Is it me or is this a bit of a rip off, especially when the DVDs
>>probably full of free software anyway.
> 
> 
> Depends. If you use all of a 4.7Gb CD of software that you would otherwise 
> have downloaded over a modem:
> 
> 4.7Gb = 5046586572 bytes (approx)
> 
> Downloaded at 5000 b/s would take:
> 
> 1009317 seconds = 280 hours
> 
> At a penny a minute (no-one pays that much I hope) thats over 150 quid.
> 
> TBH I would not be suprised to see print computing magazines at prices that 
> high, the internet is making them largely useless and circulation is dropping 
> all the time. I notice the same thing has cut the readership of Penthouse in 
> half in the last few years. :)
> 
> I wouldn't wast my money on it (Linux Format that is :), but I don't think 
> there is anything wrong with the price, it's a very small run compared to 
> something like Computer Shopper.
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