On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 23:37, Ossama Khayat wrote: > Hello everyone, > See how M$ is concerned about Linux! > http://www.microsoft.com/partner/linux/
I have this CD as it was sent to all MS partners (I think). Yes we do MS systems, best way to get Linux into schools ;-) Basically the CD is just a load of marketing waffle and sales propositions for resellers. Maybe the resellers will eventually realise that if they cut MS out of the loop there is actually more money and business for them ;-). I sell a PC with Windows and MS Office and the customer pays $200 in software licenses. (Academic volume license and OEM Win) My M$ distributor gets maybe $5 I get $5 and MS get $190. I sell a PC with Linux and OO.o and the customer saves $200 and so buys a $200 support contract I make 30% so $60 and the customer gets proper support. Duh,,no-brainer except MS partners don't seem to have any brains :-) Of course the snag is that if your techs only know MS you are stuffed which is great for companies like mine because we have competitive advantage in a niche market that is growing rapidly. Shhh don't tell anyone ;-) -- ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
