I'd be very surprised if Novell charged at all. The market cap increase of Novell stock (if this Dell thing proves fruitful, and other spin off), will negate any need to charge Dell (for OS), especially if Dell does most support, all setup and all distribution.
They might make some deal to charge some amount up the road, 10$ a copy? etc. But I would really be surprised if Dell ever gives Novell even a dime for any SLED copies sold on a Dell, hell it would even be in Novell's best interest in the beginning to give Dell $$$. Now the extra cost to support SLED via Dell, that could be huge. Somehow Dell has to make a strong statement to a potential Dell/Linux buyer, that there are many peripherals, particularly ones from small companies, with small sales volume, i.e. some no-name mp3 player, gum-pack sized camera, also things like cell phones (that have integration software) that might not work. As for the Dell/Windows package getting subsidy payments for trial software that comes with that setup .... perhaps Fluendo, StarOffice, Win4Lin, Idruna's Photogenics, C'N'R, etc, could do this in the Dell/Linux world to bring price down. -tl On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 00:24 -0900, John Andersen wrote: > > The down side of that is SLED with a $50/year price tag will quickly outpace > the cost of XP. > > > -- > _____________________________________ > John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
