Date: 27 Apr 2001 00:06:03 EST From: "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI and Marketing 101 Message-ID: <200104270506.f3R565X02949@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <3AE8F9F8.72FF174F@elischer.org> References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com><5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20010426195703.03222e50@mail.etinc.com> <3AE8F9F8.72FF174F@elischer.org>
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Then again you could also download an iso of 4.3 for free, go to BSD Mall and get a 4 CD set for 39.95 etc. The thing you pay for when you are buying these box sets is usually the manual, some also include a certain amount of telephone support etc. So while one may be 29.95 and the other another 100 dollars more you may not get a book / as good a book with the 29.95 version. Also you may or may not get phone support etc with the one you pay 100 for, I know many companies that would pay 129.95 for an OS that you get a book, support n cd's for, hell I know companies that buy Windows 98 / 2000 :P Cheers, Mark On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 21:47:52 -0700, Julian Elischer said: :: 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. :: > :: > I know that 0 X 129. < anything X 29. :: :: Denis is certainly right about this.. :: -- Mark Sergeant Unix Systems Administrator Fortune follows... Don't believe everything you hear or anything you say. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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