Charlie M. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 22, 2003 12:12 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: > > On Mon Sep 22, 2003 at 10:11:37AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > One side, > > > > > > > > > > This statement by RH was made before the > > > > > release of 9.... 9 is in the stores all that was > > > > > dropped was the less profitable high end boxed > > > > > sets. (those costing $100.00 US +) the lower end > > > > > boxed sets are still on the shelves. > > > > > > > > Ahhh... ok, thanks for the clarification, James. So > > > > they "cheap" boxes are still being produced, just not > > > > the more expensive ones. > > > > > > > > Interesting. > > > > > > It seems that the low end boxes move. The high end > > > boxes mostly get back routed through the channel. (the > > > go to the stores, they come back.) It seems thought > > > there is room for one more "version" a disk only set. > > > Cheaper to produce, and a lot of people (a lot not all) > > > don't need / want the book. Advantage here. The book > > > is, the most expensive part to produce. Heck include a > > > "gift Certificate" for the book through the mail or > > > just put it on a documentation disk that can be > > > read/printed from winders. > > > > Agreed on the book part and, IIRC, it comes on the CDs or > > at least it's available online. > > > > Here's an idea tho... I was recently in a local bookstore > > that caters to *NIX junkies and saw some Yellowdog > > packages there. The cool thing is, tho, that they came > > in a regular DVD case, just like a movie. I'm wondering > > if there is a place for the powerpack (DVD-only) being > > produced in this way. No manual, no CDs, just the one DVD > > and your registration card. > > YES! > > Sorry for shouting but I know at least ten people here in > Edmonton that would jump at that if it were available. 2 > would buy from Mandrake store if they could, the others > either don't use credit cards on-line or don't use credit > cards at all. > > I've said it before; some of my friends are as weird as I. > > Regards; > Charlie
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