Your right, George, I don't, and neither do you unless you work for
SuSE's accounting department.
Your estimate may be right. Freight on my bill was $8. But, how much
will you be willing to bet?
If you think the "cost" of a product is only in the cost of the
materials that make up the product you are wrong. They don't get free
electricity to run their computers. The computers were not gifts.
Some highschool wonder-kid didn't come by and whip out and test a distro
for them during his noon lunch break. The cd-rom burners weren't sent to
them as a gift. Their friends didn't drop in and donate their time to
burn the cd's. Volunteers didn't package the product, put labels on
them and send them out. Neither did some friendly soul come by and do
the accounting for them one Saturday morning because she had nothing
else to do.
A study conducted a few years ago revealed that simply to address and
stamp an envelope costs a business $1.27 US.
George Schoelles wrote:
>
> You evidently do not know what the actual costs are here. In fact I bet
> the shipping costs more than the product.
>
> George
>
> At 06:57 AM 2/19/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ><snip>
> >> On the other hand, If I could get an official, but sans support, upgrade
> >> for ~$20 (as I could from Slackware-- 4 cds, no manual.), I'd almost
> >> certainly buy every new upgrade they released.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
> >Considering that to pay taxes and costs a business needs to make at
> >least a 28% profit, I am suprized that I can get the distro WITH a well
> >made book for $34!
> >I am not sure you have ever had the pleasure of running your own
> >business. Remove the excessive government taxes (most of which is
> >redistributed to those who didn't earn it and don't understand what it
> >takes to run a business) and $20 *might* be a profitable.
> >Jerry
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>
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> effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
> violated..."
> -- the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
>
> Nisi Defectum Haud Reficindium (If it ain't broke, don't fix it)
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