> Hi all,
> >
> > I've just had an email conversation with Max Spevack about ordering
> > media for North America. ?With the summer conference season upon us, I
> > wanted to get a good bit of media and get the order into our supplier
> > this next week.
> >
> > My thought is that we have at least three big events in North America
> > before F14 would be released. ?I assume there are a few other small
> > events too... ?I'm going to base the order upon the needs of these
> > events, plus the average amount for AmbassadorKits and other unknown
> > events.
> >
> > The list of events I have are these, taken from the Fedora Events page
> > (
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29)
> >
> > South East Linux Fest (SELF) - June 11-13
> > Red Hat Summit - June 22-25
> > Linux Symposium - July 13-16
> > OSCON - July 19-23
> > LinuxCon - August 10-12
> > Ohio Linux Fest (OLF) - September 10 - 12
> > Utah Open Source Conference (UTOSC) - October 7-9
> >
> > On the cusp of F14
> >
> > NYSCATE - November 20 - 23
> >
> > The average order we place is along these lines:
> >
> > F13 LiveCD x86 - 3000pcs
> > F13 x86 Install DVD - 1500pcs
> > F13 x86_64 Install DVD - 1000pcs
> >
> > However, if we plan on giving out media to around 1/3 of the attendees
> > plus another 500pcs for AmbKits and the like, we get these numbers:
> >
> > SELF - 300pcs
> > RH Summit - 500pcs
> > Linux Symposium - 200pcs
> > OSCON - 750pcs
> > LinuxCon - 250pcs
> > OLF - 500pcs
> > UTOSC - 200pcs
> > AmbKits - 500pcs
> >
> > That's 3200 pieces total. ?After talking with Max, he understood that
> > we were a bit short in certain areas, and I think I can do a bit
> > better job distributing the media appropriately for each event. ?My
> > guess is that if we do around 5000pcs total, we'll be right at our
> > range, but maybe we should do more LiveCDs? ?Or maybe it's less x86_64
> > Install DVDs??
> >
> > What thoughts do the rest of you all have? ?I'd like to open the floor
> > until next Wednesday, April 28. ?Please respond with your comments and
> > suggestions.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Clint
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>
I ran out of x86_64 install media early on for F12 - partly due to my
failure to remember that we ordered significantly less.
We come back to this question every release - (and I realize I drove
last releases decision, so feel free to blame me) but we didn't do
x86_64 live media - is that decision still valid? Particularly with
the memory requirements of live media installation now, I am beginning
to question it, but would like some input. So the question is - Do we
only run x86 live media?
Another question, that's come up recently - do we produce any media
for the spins? With the advent of the security spin I think that gives
us something to hand out at security conferences (Though I think the
only one we had a presence at last year was Schmoocon). Design spin is
another candidate. Thoughts???
Economics also factors in here - Clint, can you tell us the price
points at various types of media and quantities?
Th Events i have been working over the last year the request for x86_64
media is the most desired. People will take the i386 if the x*6_64 is gone.
either way Clint order what you think and OLF and UTOSC can get rid of
whats left (saving some for the NY event)
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