On Monday 22 Sep 2003 7:12 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.
It sounds an excellent idea to me, Vincent. Convenient for the user and cheaper to make and ship. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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