On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 21:22, Jason Greenwood wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> Like you, I only just picked up on this thread. However, playing devil's
> advocate here, I'd say that RH figures they have enough market
> penetration and recognition to drop the costly retail sector. However, 2
> things spring to mind, RH built their repuation and branding on having
> those boxed sets available in retail for a LONG TIME. For a long time
> they were the ONLY boxed set available and furthermore, that also helped
> make their name synonymous with Linux in the U.S. - for right or for
> wrong. Second, RH is clearly targetting a a different market than RH -
> namely the enterprise. Look how they piss on desktop users with their
> mangled KDE etc. ML is going after a different market - the desktop,
> whose users reside mainly in the retail space right now.
>
> Just a few thoughts...
>
> Cheers
>
> Jason
> PS, I am American (Dual NZ citizen) but have been happily living in New
> Zealand for over 8 years now...
>
> Vincent Danen 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.
James
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