There was some positive response to my recent post about a CD-ROM
containing Linux. Most people agreed about the need for a reasonably
stable version 1.0 and a reliable set of CD-ROM drivers.
 
I would actually by such a CD-ROM regardles of the state of the
Linux drivers since I could get files off the ROM via DOS.
 
One respondent is testing an alpha version of a Linux CD-ROM which
he said will be ready for sale in late November. No doubt we
will hear about it here first when it comes out.
 
Another person pointed out that it costs about $2 per disk to
produce CD's in quantity after you pay for making the CD-Master.
This would mean that a subscription service would be very
feasible. 
 
I like the idea of the subscription service because I know Linux is not
going to be very stable for at least a couple of years. If I got 
4 CD's per year with all the latest updates on them I couldn't ask
for more. 
 
Note: when I said Linux will take 2 years to stabilise I wasn't referring to 
bugs, I was referring to porting activity, DOS emulation, MS-Windows
support, etc... etc..  The decade of the 1990's will see many choices
for a desktop operating system and Linux is going to be right up
there with Solaris, Windows NT, OS/2 etc...