Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:50:41 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI and Marketing 101 Message-ID: <20010426175041.C19809@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010426195703.03222e50@mail.etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 08:00:35PM -0400 References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com> <20010426171255.A13209@dragon.nuxi.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20010426195703.03222e50@mail.etinc.com>
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On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 08:00:35PM -0400, Dennis wrote: > At 08:12 PM 04/26/2001, David O'Brien wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:03:47PM -0400, Dennis wrote: > > > I saw BSDIs retail product of FreeBSD in a local bookstore the other day, > > > and it became sadly clear why LINUX, although highly inferior, is so much > > > more widely used. Right next to Freebsd (priced at $129.95) was Mandrake > > > LINUX for $29.95. > > > >I should use your quote from this morning... but I won't. > >You don't understand channel marketing. And I'll just leave it at that. > > Actually I do. Channel marketing requires a marketing base, which they dont > have. You have to establish a base before you can gouge. What you fail to realize is computer stores and bookstores *want* and have requested the $129.95 product. They want even more expensive ones than that. The really don't care for $29.95 products as the margins are too low for their liking -- unless they feel the product is a "leader" one. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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