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Re: [opensuse-factory] Why so many loops do we have to jump just to use linux? [Was: Metadiscussion about KDE 4 thread]
- From: Stefan Hundhammer <sh@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:50:06 +0200
- Message-id: <200809111750.06913.sh@xxxxxxx>
On Donnerstag, 11. September 2008, Antenore Gatta wrote:
[snip]
Because there is money involved, hardware to be ordered, bills to be paid,
etc., this would not just a "pseudo" company. It would be a real one, dealing
with the harsh realities of business world: With customers who don't pay,
with deliveries that don't get shipped in time (or not at all), with storage
space to put all the stuff, with employees to unpack large shipments, break
them down into customer packages, assemble stuff, ship stuff to customers.
Everything you need for a hardware company.
As nice as this sounds, it would require that somebody steps forward to take
the risk. And I could imagine that this somebody would not be too eager to
just take the risk and give the profit to an idealistic organization.
But on the other hand, this might really be a business idea -- for somebody
willing to take the risk an maybe earn good money for a market (the Linux
users) that is very real.
But business ideas live from people doing it, not from people talking about
it...
Yes, this can be a win-win situation. But there is no guarantee.
CU
--
Stefan Hundhammer <sh@xxxxxxx> Penguin by conviction.
YaST2 Development
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Nürnberg, Germany
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[snip]
3. We need a pseudo company who will collect product requests and
buying the hardware for us.
Because there is money involved, hardware to be ordered, bills to be paid,
etc., this would not just a "pseudo" company. It would be a real one, dealing
with the harsh realities of business world: With customers who don't pay,
with deliveries that don't get shipped in time (or not at all), with storage
space to put all the stuff, with employees to unpack large shipments, break
them down into customer packages, assemble stuff, ship stuff to customers.
Everything you need for a hardware company.
4. That pseudo company will also mange the assemblement and the
delivering of the product.
5. The earned money are used to create a brand, and a GNU Linux shop chain.
As nice as this sounds, it would require that somebody steps forward to take
the risk. And I could imagine that this somebody would not be too eager to
just take the risk and give the profit to an idealistic organization.
But on the other hand, this might really be a business idea -- for somebody
willing to take the risk an maybe earn good money for a market (the Linux
users) that is very real.
But business ideas live from people doing it, not from people talking about
it...
6. The chain will give a job to several of us, to assemble, to
support, to train, to develop...
7. People walking around the shop will see the amazing blue pc in our
winodws and will like it!!!
8. People will start to buy our products, and Linux will become more
attractive.
Yes, this can be a win-win situation. But there is no guarantee.
CU
--
Stefan Hundhammer <sh@xxxxxxx> Penguin by conviction.
YaST2 Development
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Nürnberg, Germany
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