On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 16:14, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 8:51 pm, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > > > Anne... Club subscriptions are 100% revenue. Boxed sets aren't due to > > > the > > > printing, boxes, media, etc. The subscription, bringing in the higher > > > revenue, is much more helpful. Boxed sets are great for those who need > > > manuals or don't have the bandwidth to download, but for all others I'd > > > suggest Club (if their interest is more in providing more money to > > > MandrakeSoft rather than the vanity of having a ML box!) > > > > Ok, I'm in a mood today: > > I'm sorry people, but if I need to worry about such trivialities as > > this, then I really have to question whether I want to do business with > > a company on such a razors edge. > > > There is nothing trivial about making the best use of one's money.
Or, I might add, nothing trivial about doing the right thing with a 60 buck subscription. :) > > I don't know of any other viable business that tries to survive on such > > a business model, as getting "sympathy dollars". > > Do you call it sympathy dollars when you ask for payment for your services? > Get real, man. > > Anne Sometimes even a dictonary doesn't help. LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.21pre4-6mdk Mandrake 9.1 RC1 Enlightenment 0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.2-1mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ���������������������������������������������������
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