-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 September 22, 2003 12:12 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Mon Sep 22, 2003 at 10:11:37AM -0700, James Sparenberg 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. > > > > > > Ahhh... ok, thanks for the clarification, James. So they "cheap" boxes > > > are still being produced, just not the more expensive ones. > > > > > > Interesting. > > > > It seems that the low end boxes move. The high end boxes mostly get > > back routed through the channel. (the go to the stores, they come > > back.) It seems thought there is room for one more "version" a disk > > only set. Cheaper to produce, and a lot of people (a lot not all) don't > > need / want the book. Advantage here. The book is, the most expensive > > part to produce. Heck include a "gift Certificate" for the book through > > the mail or just put it on a documentation disk that can be read/printed > > from winders. > > Agreed on the book part and, IIRC, it comes on the CDs or at least it's > available online. > > Here's an idea tho... I was recently in a local bookstore that caters to > *NIX junkies and saw some Yellowdog packages there. The cool thing is, > tho, that they came in a regular DVD case, just like a movie. I'm > wondering if there is a place for the powerpack (DVD-only) being produced > in this way. No manual, no CDs, just the one DVD and your registration > card.
YES! Sorry for shouting but I know at least ten people here in Edmonton that would jump at that if it were available. 2 would buy from Mandrake store if they could, the others either don't use credit cards on-line or don't use credit cards at all. I've said it before; some of my friends are as weird as I. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 12:21:21 up 2 days, 1:40, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.16, 0.24 "It's when they say 2 + 2 = 5 that I begin to argue." - -- Eric Pepke -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/bz5OG11CaRuZZSIRAsqwAJ0ZQ+RnMmRtcBCi/DUq4u2AXiCRlgCeLz5y 3FDbO49eUR+lyDLeWITnFyc= =ZHrU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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