"Greg M. Johnson" <gregj;-)565### [at] aol com> wrote:
> Is there inherently in this piece a statement that bandwidth is so cheap
> these days that we don't have to worry about getting 7MB or so every time
> we want to play with a live CD? We're not breaking Chris Cason's bank?
I see your point Greg and I have now added a note on that wikipov page about
saving bandwidth by storing copies of the downloaded files for future use
so that they don't have to be retrieved every time with wget.
But please remember that often people do not have access to their own PC (or
they don't even own a PC). For them Knoppix and KANOTIX can be useful tools
that will allow them to work with applications of their own choice, without
modifying the system already installed on the PC's they do have access to.
Many PC owners will not allow their guest to experiment with installations
of new applications into their systems. And some PC owners will want to see
how the installations goes and evaluate the applications before they
actually install them.
If this use of live Linux CDs breaks "Chris Cason's bank", then I hope that
the users will support this bank by buying IRTC-CDs, POV-Ray keyrings and
Zazzle posters at the frontpage of povray.org.
--
Tor Olav
http://subcube.com
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