<snip> > > 1.) Do something like TransGaming. Maybe say, "No more release ISO's" > until we reach profitablity/get 10,000 mdk club subscribers, or something > like that. > 2.) Make ISO's available only to MDK club subscribers.
Possible solutions and very plausible but you have to look at the marketing impact as well. Red Hat, Debian, etc don't have this approach... Unless someone is really set on using Mandrake you stand a very large chance of losing potential Mandrake Club users who choose to go to the other distributions for no pressure downloading of ISOs. I think the user market is still a drain on most linux companies. It seems that right now the best chance linux distros have for profits are by providing for fee services and enterprise solutions. I think leaving the ISOs free is a must right now when Mandrake needs to bring more people to their side. It would probably be best just to push the features of the mandrake club a little more. Possibly make some key components of the Gaming edition available on the club for a modest monthly fee... That may draw in some people, but I'm not sure how much they would lose to licensing, etc. If none of that makes sense it's due to a long day of work.. =) Looking forward to 8.2. -Tim McKenzie > Neither are ideal, but both are less drastic than what SuSE did, but > still put pressure on people to pay a bit. > > -Tim
