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> although it does not work any more.  I had already strongly considered
> buying one or two of them but i'm somewhat reluctant now if all but the
> usual low percentage goes to zazzle.

Yes, this deserves an explanation.
The plan was initially to have the poster printed and sold directly like the
keyrings and the IRTC CDs. The poster would have been printed in advance in
sufficient numbers to get a good price. However, after a few weeks of having
the order page online and failing to generate even the tiniest sparkle of
interest outside the POV-Ray/IRTC community and, more important, actual
orders, there were too many doubts about being able to cover the printing
costs, let alone turn up a profit for the server maintenance, so the
printing had to be cancelled.
Putting the poster up at Zazzle was a backup plan, less satisfying perhaps
as a 3rd party is getting most of the benefits. IMHO, this has fortunately
some advantages : there is now a larger range of products and possibly
people not knowing POV-Ray will be more inclined to buy from a "real" shop.
Also, Zazzle will feature the poster once in a while and it will probably
show up on the front page this week.

G.

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