Here here,, I live in Australia too, and just because our ecommony bites the bag is no reason for us to have to pay what is essentially twice the price the yanks do...
They pay 5 USD but the earn USD... we earn AUD.. which is a worthless piece of plastic paper mostly, but we also pay USD... As a result of that, and the fact that there isn't anything much in the club thus far to encourage me to join... is why thus far why I haven't..... rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn Sent: Monday, 23 December 2002 2:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Raising More Capital On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 23:05, Sascha Noyes wrote: > Mandrake's core focus is on delivering a Linux distro that has broad hardware > support, is easy to set up and administer, and is committed to free software. > The idea of the club is to support Mandrake in this goal. Quite a few people > today have broadband and a cd writer (heck - you don't actually even need a > cd writer), and therefore have no need for boxed sets, besides the additional > software that is in it. The club is a way for Mandrake users to support them > directly, without diluting the money with costs for packaging and delivery. > Everything else on Mandrakeclub is an _incentive_ to join, and not the core > reason. If you honestly feel that you are giving Mandrake a free lunch by > joining the club - then so be it. > Ah - now see - here is one bit of eloquence that so rightly points out a companies narrow mindedness - they treat everyone as though they're an American consumer. I no longer live in America. $5 US is $10AUD. Therefore $40US is $80AUD. I don't have broadband, I have dialup. Now maybe if the marketing dickheads would THINK that other people from OTHER countries would want to join at a "Country Level Price", I'd join the Mandrakeclub. Otherwise, they can piss off. I'd be willing to spend $5AUD per month on a membership, but not $10. I'd be willing to buy the packages if they were leveled to an Aussie dollar. I bought my RH for $29.95AUD. Same package I bought sells for $29.95US. THAT'S proper international marketing. -- Mon Dec 23 05:45:00 EST 2002 5:45am up 7:59, 2 users, load average: 0.50, 0.38, 0.50 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | k�hn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen k�hn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Gr�tens*Liebe Gr��e*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Real Users find the one combination of bizarre input values that shuts down the system for days.
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