On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 19:33, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > On Sunday 21 September 2003 05:57 pm, John Wilson wrote: > > On September 21, 2003 02:44 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > > > Lee Wiggers wrote: > > > > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:56:53 -0700 > > > > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > > > > It is nice to have boxes on shelves but it just doesn't make enough money to > offset the cost of production. Not even Redhat makes money from users buying > boxed sets on store shelves (can't recall where I read that even Redhat was > considering dropping the boxed sets too at some possible point). I just don't buy that it can not be done. I do not see it as no profit, I see it as not as much profit for the capital outlay. Not every airline sees it as a good idea to own the planes, some lease to 'preserve capital'. not every distro has to print and distribute their own box, some things get contracted out.... some times markets for things like distribution change with differing market values due to slightly increased competition. > I do think that it would be a good idea, however, to get boxed Mandrake sets > on school bookstore shelves. This is where you will win users and they will > get to the point of having no problem downloading future versions later. > I would buy and download Mandrake if I had a broadband connection but as it > is, I am willing to buy from Mandrake online and wait for delivery of a box. > It is faster than downloading iso images over a modem connection. > > Another thing to aim for is preinstalls. If you could get a computer > distributor to offer Mandrake as its linux offering you would help things out > too. > > praedor -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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