[SC.LUG] Linux Mags?

[Richard Smedley]

On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:52, Neil Lucock wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 Oct 2003 8:30 pm, Rick [Kitty5] wrote:
> > Does anyone buy any of the Linux mags? I was looking at one today in
> > smoths, but the £6.49 price tag made me put it back on the shelf
> 
> Most of the price is the DVD/CD included. 

The disc is virtually a free gift, it makes up a
tiny part of the magazine's cost, though a large
part of its perceived value (and thus some 
justification for LXF's pricey DVD edition)

[snip] 
> I also find that I just don't have much time to read magazines.

That's always been my problem - but it doesn't
seem to stop me buying them anyway :-/

>  I would 
> not buy one at £6.49 unless it came with a free laptop.

The way laptop prices are coming down maybe they'll
be cheaper than magazines one day :-)

> It would be nice to have a magazine without a CD/DVD included. 

Linux Magazine doesn't have a disc unless you
subscribe (however it's no longer cheap).

> I can't figure 
> out why the DVD version is so much dearer. Are DVDs really a quid dearer than 
> CD-Rs?

No - a couple of years ago they were cheaper, though
this is no longer the case. The price justification 
is to pay for the work in assembling the extra content.
This seems quite reasonable, and Future do give you a 
choice between a DVD and a CD version.

>  The (GPL) software isn't expensive, is it?

No, but time *always* is :^)

 - Richard

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