Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3434 mails)

[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Dupuy wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 08:09 +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > Kevin,
> >
> > you're right that the box is smaller than before but the manuals you're
> > asking for are available as PDFs on the media.  We do not have the box
> > anymore in most of the stores.  This is indeed a lost marketing way but
> > this is both a result of a changing environment where many more users
> > prefer to download for free (I know there are others) instead of willing
> > to pay the box price - and a different company that does not go
> > aggressively into the stores.  We had a hard time pushing the box on the
> > shelves in the end - and even where it is still today, you see far
> > smaller numbers:-(
> >
> > Andreas
>
> Hey Andreas,
> First off, regarding the documentation, I am glad that the PDFs are
> offered, what I was referring to was to reorganize the Start Up guide,
> which is printed in the box, to include short tours of the desktop
> environments in the printed manual. 
>
> I think there are enough new users that would be interested in paying a
> relatively small fee (under $100USD) and getting a good boxed edition
> (meaning the printed manual I spoke of above, the full system, possibly
> with legal codecs in the system for paying customers, and just some
> small cheap openSUSE stickers or decals).
>
> As far as the different company (I'm assuming you're referring to Novell
> here, correct me if I'm wrong) well, that's a problem that I suppose
> will always be there.

I couldn't say it better myself.


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