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.
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