Collaborative design project proposal

[Paul R. Higgins]

> >EN on a CD, one of my Holy Grails. Bernie would make more money (or 
> >at least stop losing it), have fewer pesky people to deal with, and 
> >have his name splashed all over the place.
 
> Yup. I agree. this would be a dream wouldn't it. If Electronotes are truly
> worth it, surely they're worth having in a more, -shall we say- "user
> friendly" form?

> A collaborative synth-DIY CD-ROM with all our stuff on it would at least
> rival Electronotes. Probably be better I dare say. Certainly more friendly.

I second this!!  I'd love to see a Synth-DIY CD-ROM, as well as an Electronotes 
CD, if anyone can talk Bernie into it.  (Hell freezes over first?).

> Which begs the question. Does Bernie take all the money?  Or does he
> distribute some of it back to all the other people who contributed and paid
> their dues over the years?

As a recent recipient of nearly the entire Electronotes collection (there was an
"everything" package offer on the Midwest Analog Products website), I can say 
fairly definitively that Bernie can't be making any money on this.  The 
"everything" deal was $245, if memory serves me right.  I still haven't got all 
the stuff filed and categorized.  The collection arrived in several sizable 
boxes, and must be many thousands of pages.  Even with a quantity discount at 
Kinko's you couldn't break even.

It would be nice if Bernie was paying some sort of residuals to the many 
contributors.  Oh, yeah--as I was warned by some of you, my Electronotes 
collection took months to arrive.  What the guy really needs is a research 
librarian to archive his stuff in some sort of sensible way. (Maybe on a CD...).

Just make sure that us Mac users can read the CD, too!  :)  
Apropos, I vote for the PDF format.

Regards,
-PRH

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Paul Higgins
email: higg0008 at tc.umn.edu
University College, University of Minnesota
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