Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3434 mails)

[The Magic Nose Goblin <magicnosegoblin65@xxxxxxxxx>]

Philip Dowie wrote:
> > > If it was a true loss-leader, we wouldn't be doing it. I hope, as a
> > > share holder ;-)
> > The purpose of a "loss-leader" is to INCREASE SALES of other
> > higher-priced (and more profitable) products.
> >
> > For example, grocery stores (at least in the U.S.) typically run
> > sales on chicken and/or ground beef, selling below their cost
> > because once a customer is in the store, they typically buy
> > MORE STUFF.
> >
> > To argue that opensuse isn't a loss-leader and at the
> > same time, argue that it's an important component to
> > the revenue stream is just plain silly.
>
> Except that in the case of the grocery store, it works, because
> there are multiple possible other items you could buy, and you
> have to physically pass them in order to pay for your chicken
> or mince.
> I can't see how that applies to copies of openSUSE - not only
> do you not have to pass other items (if you do, its in someone
> else's store, not Novell's, so irrelevant), but there isn't
> really much else you could buy - most people have only 1 or 2
> PCs, so hardly need a copy of SLED or SLES with their purchase,
> and all the small shops that will buy openSUSE won't be buying
> SLES or SLED either.


So you're saying that opensuse is not used to generate sales
of SLES or SLED in the long run?  If that's the case, then
how does that fit with the statement that opensuse is an
IMPORTANT PART of SuSE's revenue structure?

You're missing the forest for the trees.

The idea is to get the IT departments of businesses to try
openSUSE before committing to the steeper price of SLED or SLES.


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