-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEaQT7r3NMWliFcXcRAp2fAJ9OSkft7dwQDK9JiYYWWmgJRAnSdgCgj/Ie CfI27rFkoqHLo60neIoo2pI= =U/Wr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
