<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 12px;" lang="x-unicode">Le 2010-12-09 19:50, Wols Lists a écrit : <blockquote type="cite" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On 09/12/10 22:21, Marc Paré wrote: <blockquote type="cite" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I can see how a USB stick would be a more elegant way of distributing the distro. The price would seem to be the only problem that I can see. Framakey (Framasoft) is offering a 4gig stick for 19Euro and 4Eu shipping. A smaller and less expensive stick could be offered with just the LO distro on the stick. The cost would have to be kept as low as possible. Framasoft carries the portable OOo, I imagine that they will eventually carry the portable LibreOffice as well. I am not sure if he has pronounced himself on this. </blockquote> imho, if we're not running a commercial enterprise (or even if we are) this is actually quite expensive. Okay, I bought SD cards not USB sticks, but I've just paid £9 for 2x2Gb, retail. Dunno how easy it is to copy in bulk onto SD chips but I would have thought it would be easy to get "card plus reader" for under £5 each in bulk. What's the Euro/sterling exchange rate? Last I heard I thought they were close to parity :-( Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org">LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice</a> </blockquote> Actually, you can buy a usb 2gig stick for 4Euro in Canada ($6Cdn/US) (Canadian currency is pretty well at par with US currency), for example: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://factorydirect.ca/catalog/category_list.php?cat=9300">http://factorydirect.ca/catalog/category_list.php?cat=9300</a>. And that's at the regular price. I am sure in bulk you could probably buy for probably 3Euro. It is till not as cheap as CD/DVD in bulk. I would try to avoid card readers as this would increase the expense. We are trying to sell in economies where individuals make very little money but where they have access to a computer. I would probably try also to market it with a micro-sd card (you can buy some that would fit LibreOffice if we can keep the distro under 500 megs) and these often sell for $2 Cdn/US. That way, many could just insert it into their phones and use their phones as transfer point to their computer. This would keep it simple and straightforward -- also easy to carry and to share with others. You can even transfer files via phones through bluetooth enabled phones. Marc <div class="moz-txt-sig">-- Marc Paré <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.parEntreprise.com">http://www.parEntreprise.com</a> </div> </div> </body> </html>