On Fri Sep 12 22:45 +0100, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 17:57, Jan Ciger wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > > | Corporate branded distros? What if a company like HP wanted to "brand" the > > | MDK distro for distribution on their hardware. Is there a financial > > | opportunity there to charge? > > | > > | Cory > > | > > > > If HP want's to brand the distro, they can already. The source is over > > there. Mandrake, RedHat and others do it with their code, so HP can > > Sure. But why bother spending the time to get in house people to learn > how to do it? I think Cory's idea's a good one - ask big corporate > clients if they'd like Mandrakesoft to do the work of creating a > customised version of the distro for them, for a relatively small fee - > make it cheaper than doing it in-house would be.
MandrakeSoft already does exactly that. -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take due notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Currently playing: Dazed and Confused.ogg Linux 2.4.22-0.4mdk 17:53:00 up 3 days, 5:19, 6 users, load average: 1.95, 2.30, 2.36
