On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 22:31, James Sparenberg wrote: > Some short comings in this statement.... > > First it ensures that the only people who can find out how to purchase > a boxes set are people who have in the past used MDK...
That is exactly right. That is the context of this (Vincent's) message; this is a short term solution, Vincent was not presenting this post as a catch all philosophy for long term growth; it was a gesture to those of us in the community who already have an online relationship with Mandrakesoft. > no growth here > and since this limits growth it almost garauntees that the user base > will be a negative growth not a positive one. If the premise was long term growth you would be correct, but that is not the case. > Second. Younger users are often discriminated against. So is anyone > else who doesn't have/use credit cards. Your very first statement is the correct one, therefore it negates the above in the context of long term growth. > Third. Common business error in the Software industry. I wan't it all > or nothing at all. Just ask M$. which is better 25 dollars on a > thousand users or 5 dollars on a Million? Any company that want's to > succeed has to play the game of dealing with large numbers. You can't > gouge a small market you have to cut a deal with a larger group. The > numbers I've heard (not official) is that RH sold about 7 million box > sets in the US last year through retail. Now if they only made an > average of 10 dollars (US) that's 70 million before taxes... Could MDK > use 1/3 of that? Your entire message here is predicated on the assumption that this is long term strategy. I am positive that it is not MDK's resolution to alienate retailers such as best buy or yourself. Since Vincent's message is premised by being a short term solution for a short term cash crunch, your concerns here are not something to worry about. <<<<<<<<<<SNIP REST>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > James > > > > If a box > > set isn't that important to you (ie. you don't need nice packaging and > > a printed manual), then getting a MandrakeClub subscription is the best > > way to go. Club generates the highest percentage of revenue, and every > > penny counts. Plus, with Club, all the goodies you get on your CDs in > > the box set you can get online (great for broadband users, maybe not so > > great for dialup users). > > > > All these things will help keep Mandrake alive. Happy holidays, LX -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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