[Foundation-l] Donation of DVDs to Wikimedia Foundation Projects

[David Gerard]

On 03/01/07, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/01/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 02/01/07, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > I suggest BitTorrent be the primary protocal for files over, say, 200
> > > MB but alternative protocals should be presented. Perhaps on the
> > > description page the user could follow a link "Having problems with
> > > BitTorrent?" and from there there would be a BitTorrent link.

> > That's perfect :-)

> Haha, you discern what I meant. For the record, I inteded to write:
> "Perhaps on the description page the user could follow a link "Having
> problems with BitTorrent?" and from there there would be a HTTP
> link.".


Yep. Only offer HTTP if they click on that link. Until we're sure our
setup can handle it.

Handling one bit of huge high-quality DVD video would attract more
right away. This might be painful in the short run, but is precisely
what we really want in the long run.


- d.