Re: [us-marketing] how easy is it to add the LO donation "link"?

I wonder what it would be like if TDF/LO was given CD/DVD reproduction 
equipment - professional system that copies and prints labels of a 
master file set.  There range around $1400 - $2500 USD for 50 to 100 DVD 
versions.

That would be a great way to get professional copies of the various DVDs 
[LO project DVDs] out to the public at the regional events.  The cost 
should be less than going to a DVD burn/print service or a 
print-on-demand service like Lulu.com.

For anyone who wants to "sell by donation" a LO based DVD, the first 
thing is the out of pocket costs.  If you do not use a print-on-demand 
service - which is more cost tot the users and less donation potential 
to TDF - the "seller" will need to make up a batch of DVDs themselves.   
They either have a DVD printer to print the DVD media labels [some older 
HP inkjets and some Epson Artisan inkjet do this], or they need to get 
some service to make up the DVDs for them.

Either way, these people have a potentially large out of pocket expense.

For me, I handout my DVD with the labels printed on the media.  I do not 
make more than 5 or 10 at a time, since I do not want any older version 
left over when the next version of the DVD is ready.  It does not take 
much time to burn a DVD and print its label on the media.  IT does not 
take much time to print off a "thin movie DVD case" label and an insert 
document on how to use the media.  For friends and family, I rarely give 
them anything but a hand labeled DVD in a jewel case.  I may give them 
the the full "professional" handout, including a brochure, but after 
than they get the "cheap" disc.  They do not need something that looks 
professional like the businesses, agencies, and government office 
workers get from me.

I see that 3.5.6 comes out in August and 3.5.7 comes out in October.  
So, I will be giving out a few DVDs of the 3.5.5 installs till 3.5.6 is 
out, and more 3.5.6 than I did with 3.5.5 before 3.5.7 comes out.   I 
may not give out any 3.6 line till December or January.


Soon the 3.5.5 NA-DVD, named something like -
LO-3.5.5-1_English-NA-DVD_all-platforms_multi-lang_plus-extras.iso
- will be on the CD/DVD download page along with the German 3.5.5 
CD/DVD[s].  The NA-DVD contains 6 non-English language and help packs, 
along with en_US and en_GB language and help packs.  The DVD is a 
browser based media with its pages in English.  All supported platforms 
installs for LO are included, including the portable versions.  Then 
almost half of the DVD is given over to the extras that are not part of 
the LO package installs.

It is nice to have the ability to download an ISO file for the CD/DVDs 
on the download servers.  My service will not allow me to have any file 
larger than about 200 MB in their servers, but I have the entire DVD 
online for browsing and testing since no "one" file is over the size 
limit.  So if you go to - http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/ 
- you get to see the current 3.5 line DVD, which is exactly the same as 
the DVD media version but online, since the NA_DVD is a web-page/browser 
based system with main page titles of: Info, Install, Module, 
Extensions, Templates, Dictionaries, Extras, Documentation, and 
Artwork.  The Module page describes the different "modules" of the 
package - like Writer and Calc.  Info is the index.html page and is just 
a general info about the DVD. The Extras include things like Firefox, 
Thunderbird, and some other free packages a open-source user might like.

Between the English NA-DVD and the German LibreOffice-Box DVD, plus 
other local/regional projects that currently do not list their CD/DVDs 
with TDF/LO download system, I hope we cover a large portion of the 
regional markets for having some media that gives new LO users more than 
just the basic installs for their regional languages.

I include Hebrew language and help packs in the NA-DVD since I was told 
that MSO is not supporting the Hebrew language needs for an Office 
package very well.  This came from some local Hebrew community members 
and a lady who lives in Israel was was visiting her parents last year 
when LO was in the mid 3.3.x line.  They liked the fact that you can use 
LO in English, Hebrew, and French for the lady from Israel since she 
speaks French as well.  She works/worded in the tourism field and 
multi-language ability for LO was a key for her use over MSO.

SO
I hope that having the CD/DVD .iso file on the download page[s] works 
out well.  I also hope more regional disc projects would contribute a 
version to the download page[s].  The more regional DVD projects listed 
there, the better.

Now we just need a good way, and easy way, for users to buy a 
professionally made DVD for their use if they do not have the available 
bandwidth for downloading the .iso files.  That was what the NA-DVD was 
originally created for, along with handing them out to local businesses, 
etc..  OOo use to have many listing for purchasing pre-made discs.  It 
would be nice to get some regional people/organization to "sell" the DVD 
for LO donations to help these low bandwidth users.  I have many friends 
and business contacts that cannot download even the install files for 
LO, let alone a DVD .iso file.  So we need a way for these people to be 
able to order a copy of a regional DVD.

Well, that is enough on that, for now.  I have had over a year to 
"study" this "info".

On 07/16/2012 10:22 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote on 2012-07-03 15:00:
> > Still, I have spent my personal money to promote LO locally.  I am on a
> > fixed income, so it cannot afford to spend much at one time, but I do
> > spend some.
>
> I'd like to thank you for all your work and engagement, that is really 
> appreciated and helps the community a lot! I really feel bad if people 
> spend their private money for their pro bono engagement, and I am sure 
> we soon will find ways of distributing money better and also enable 
> local organizations to collect money on behalf of TDF.
>
> > If my hosting service would allow me to have a file larger than 200MB or
> > so, I would host my DVD .iso file on it, along with LO's CD/DVD page,
> > but that service [and all I have looked at] have problems with hosting
> > any "repository-like" service.  I wanted to be a mirror to LO's server,
> > but the same problem prevents that.
>
> If you need some space to store LibreOffice-related content, feel free 
> to ping the website list, we might be able to help out if it's content 
> that fits. :)
>
> Florian



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