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Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 16 May 2006, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> The Monday 2006-05-15 at 23:50 +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote:
> 
>>>> But... what is the point in producing a box in a way that will have
>>>> less
>>>> sales? I must be dumb, I don't see it.
>>>
>>> Market share. Spread SUSE Linux, grow the community,
>>
>> IMO, they would get more of that with the admin book included. More sales
>> the better. This way, they will get mostly firstimers (repeaters will
>> download) - and firstimers need manuals.
>>
>>> make money with
>>> SLES, SLED, ...
>>
>> That would not be affected.
> 
> In my guess the current Novell Linux strategy is "the more publicity the
> better". And indeed they give away their good work for nothing
> currently, so there is only a small market for the box. But a huge
> spreading of the box content...

Right. I even think it's a good concept.
Mostly because it is available as a free download (I guess), SUSE 10.0
has had a huge gain. At least the Packman download stats have tripled
since 10.0 has been released.

> Let's hope with them.

Yep.

cheers
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