Hi Alan and everybody,


> Tansel --
>
> We (SqC) have no plans to sell CDs.

Thanks. We should then be able to include Squeak distributions to our CDs.
If a SqF fails to materialize or chooses not to sell Squeak CDs then we can
also offer just pure Squeak on CDs as well, however it is our wish to see
Squeak promoted and distributed by a non-profit entity.

> Keep up the great work at Squeak News!

Thank you   : )

> Cheers,
>
> Alan

Cheers,

Tansel
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>
> At 7:00 PM -0500 12/21/01, Editor - Squeak News wrote:
> >Hi Marcus, Stef, and everybody,
> >
> >
> >>  Hi!
> >>
> >>  > Then as a university we could buy this cd to support Squeak
community.
> >>  >
> >>  > Tell me what you think.
> >
> >We can attest to Stef's generosity: he was among the very first to
support
> >us.
> >
> >>  It would be a good thing to have such a CD. I imagine this to look
very
> >>  much like a Squeak-News CD, but with more contents, it should include
> >>  everything from introduction articles to technical stuff.
> >>  Just the kind of CD you would like to give to your friends or hand
> >>  out at a conference.
> >
> >This was very much in line with our plans for the Dec-January issue. BTW
you
> >can give copies of Squeak News to your friends or hand them out at a
> >conference without problems because Squeak News license allows you to
give
> >away copies as long as the reason is introduction, evaluation, promotion
and
> >helping further development of Squeak, or for educational or self
> >development purposes.
> >
> >>  This is not much different from what Tansel wants to do in the double
> >>  issue of SqueakNews...
> >
> >Quite right. Squeak News is a very suitable medium for such distribution,
> >because we already include the VMs for every platform we can find, as one
of
> >our goals is to make Squeak News to work seamlessly on (almost) every
known
> >platform.(except CE as Squeak News has no hope of working on a CE
> >environment unless it goes on a strict diet.)  Also our CDs are hybrid
> >format and can be read in most popular platforms even hiding certain
> >platform-specific details from other platforms.
> >We have received numerous requests to include the latest Squeak
> >distributions with our issues. However I was reluctant to include latest
> >virgin images regularly with Squeak News because I am not sure if Squeak
> >Central or Squeak Foundation have any plans to sell Squeak CDs, and our
move
> >could have preempted such an avenue of income for these organizations.
> >One thing we can do though we can include  latest distributions of Squeak
in
> >the Squeak News CDs until such time a Squeak Foundation would like to
sell
> >Squeak on a CD.
> >
> >I am sure there won't be a problem to include a full 3.2 distribution
image
> >in the December-January issue. The only thing is, I guess Stef wants to
> >support others as well ;)
> >
> >>       Marcus
> >>
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Tansel Ersavas
> >Editor, Squeak News
> >http://www.squeaknews.com
>
>
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