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Re: [SLE] SuSE Inc. Lay offs?
- From: Gary <medmanks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:05:32 -0600
- Message-id: <20010207170532.B1240@xxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 02:36:44PM -0800 or thereabouts, Michael Hasenstein wrote:
> No. The sales have climed steadily. It's just that when suse started in
> the us people thought they'd add an incentive for retail by selling the
> box cheap to them, so that they could add a huge markup and make a nice
> profit. It turned out they only added a very small markup and suse linux
> was WAY too cheap in this country.
I agree with you here Michael. Now, SuSE is comparable to other
distros, cost-wise... for the power pack, they just don't have the
engineering behind them. <g>
> Actually, the business climate is still very good. All the big guys are
> moving into Linux rapidly. It's just that the consumers don't buy as
> many boxes here, plus the market is split much more than anywhere else -
> because EVERYONE wants to be in the us market so here's the most
> competition for box sales.
I originally purchased 6.4 with all the goodies (equivalent to the
power pack with the 7 disks, manuals, etc.) for about $20 US at
Best Buy retailers here. Other distros charged more, even back
then. IBM is sinking in $5 billion, and many others are committed,
especially now that 2.4 can give enterprise a run in that arena.
--
Best regards,
Gary
Today's thought: My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot.
> No. The sales have climed steadily. It's just that when suse started in
> the us people thought they'd add an incentive for retail by selling the
> box cheap to them, so that they could add a huge markup and make a nice
> profit. It turned out they only added a very small markup and suse linux
> was WAY too cheap in this country.
I agree with you here Michael. Now, SuSE is comparable to other
distros, cost-wise... for the power pack, they just don't have the
engineering behind them. <g>
> Actually, the business climate is still very good. All the big guys are
> moving into Linux rapidly. It's just that the consumers don't buy as
> many boxes here, plus the market is split much more than anywhere else -
> because EVERYONE wants to be in the us market so here's the most
> competition for box sales.
I originally purchased 6.4 with all the goodies (equivalent to the
power pack with the 7 disks, manuals, etc.) for about $20 US at
Best Buy retailers here. Other distros charged more, even back
then. IBM is sinking in $5 billion, and many others are committed,
especially now that 2.4 can give enterprise a run in that arena.
--
Best regards,
Gary
Today's thought: My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot.
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