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Subject: Re: CM9K ALL 5- MAN EGDB : go, get them

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:59:28 09/14/02

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On September 14, 2002 at 12:41:49, Werner Schuele wrote:

>>
>>I'll take a set.... <just kidding> :-)
>>
>>Just for reference, did you leave the machine alone during the entire process?
>>Did you use the "MakeAll.bat" file? Were there any problems at all?
>>
>>jm
>Hi John,
>this is a really good idea - an then you put then on the server for download :-)
>Werner

Here is the reason why they are (for the time being) not available on our
server....

The ubi.com department of Ubi Soft charges all development budgets for the
amount of time they spend working on product-specific websites, PLUS all time
that their servers are used to download files for that product (either by the
minute or by the MB -- not sure which).

Either way, what it basically amounted to is that, if we put up the 5.6 GB of
data on their site, given our conservative estimate at how often these files
would be downloaded our entire marketing and advertising budget would be
completely shot (and then some).

It is simply not feasible given the current cost structure. But, something may
change in the future. If such a change occurs, this board will be the first one
I notify.

jm



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