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



On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 17:03, David Holden wrote:
> <begin_rant>
> 
>   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.
> 
> </end_rant>

Depends. 1 DVD is approx 2/3 Gb of data, yeah? (I don't know how full
they fill them).

56K modem gets you 15Mb/hour, in my experience (depends on phone line,
of course ;). 3Gb/15Mb = 200 hours. How much is 200 hours of download
time? Probably quite a bit - £120 at a penny a minute. It's also over a
weeks' worth of continuous downloading. 

Besides, April's issue has got me in it, I'm told :P

Cheers,

Alex.

PS. If the math is wrong, shoot me ;)

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