On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 10:15 +0100, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
Perhaps a new business model is called for. So stop selling expensive boxes, just sell a small envelope with a DVD and a large poster, some stickers and whatever in, together with a thin "how to get started right now" manual.
I want manuals too. But I don't want the ordinary "simple" manual, "getting started" (whatever) that's usually in the box. I want a real thick brick filled with hi-tech details and how-tos. That's too expensive to print, of course. So, as a paying user, let me have the envelope and a voucher with a code on, to let me download/on-line read the real thick tech manual. Let that be what I pay for. And let me be able to pay for actual real support too.
I have seen news stand magazines that have been just this. A SUSE distro and a magazine to get you started. They are often on the news stands here when a new release is out. I do not know who actually releases them. It could be one of the European Linux mags that release a special item. These happen occasionally for various distros. I should buy one some time. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org