OpenCD Project
Posted on April 30, 2002
One of the things that many people don’t realize is that open source software is neither bad, nor is it just for Linux. The Open CD Project is setting out to prove to Windows and Mac users just how powerful and useful open source software can be. More info here and here. It looks like they are planning on using OpenOffice, Mozilla, and Gimp, plus some others as well. The idea is to make some CD ISO images available online where people can download them and burn them to a CD-R, not to physically distribute them in stores and such. People will be allowed to burn them and give them away and/or charge a minimal price to cover the cost of the CD.
Personally, I think they should put them in stores, such as Best Buy, because it will give the software more credibility among computer novices. Charge something like $20 for a pretty box with a couple of CD’s in it. Or charge $10 for a single CD, with no packaging other than the case. Since most open-source software projects are non-profit (by design or not), use the money to fund further development of the software or open-source causes.
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