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Two Ravens wrote:
> For those interested in the time it takes Subscription Sets to get to us
> in Europe, mine arrived this morning.
>
> I can never work out though, why Slackware comes to England via France,
> even though I live in what some may describe as a rural backwater, I am
> aware that aeroplanes fly between London and the USA, and I've even

Heck. Never mind aeroplanes, /bits/ fly between London and the USA faster than
aeroplanes do.

> been to Glasgow Airport to meet people coming home from Turkey and seen
> Aeroplanes that are carrying passengers from the USA. why do the French
> get my Slackware before sending it on to me.

It's more likely a question of who actually 'presses' the CD set, rather than
how they are shipped. There's no reason that the CD sets need to be 'pressed'
(burned, printed and packaged) in the USA, then shipped to the UK or to France.
The bits can be shipped easier, and a UK or French service can 'press' them into
CDs for delivery.

In fact, I'll bet that's exactly what happens: a publisher in France downloads
the isos and artwork, 'presses' the CD sets, and mails them to all points in
Europe. Convince the publisher to open a UK press, and they'll mail the CDs from
London (or Birmingham, or Glasgow, or Leeds, or wherever). Convince Slackware
Inc. to use a UK publisher and get the same results.

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Lew Pitcher
IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems,
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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