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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:00:35 -0400
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At 08:12 PM 04/26/2001, David O'Brien wrote:
>On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:03:47PM -0400, Dennis wrote:
> > I saw BSDIs retail product of FreeBSD in a local bookstore the other day,
> > and it became sadly clear why LINUX, although highly inferior, is so much
> > more widely used. Right next to Freebsd (priced at $129.95) was Mandrake
> > LINUX for $29.95.
>
>I should use your quote from this morning... but I won't.
>You don't understand channel marketing.  And I'll just leave it at that.

Actually I do. Channel marketing requires a marketing base, which they dont 
have. You have to establish a base before you can gouge.

I know that 0 X 129. < anything X 29.

do you?

DB


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