Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:00:35 -0400 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI and Marketing 101 Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20010426195703.03222e50@mail.etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <20010426171255.A13209@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20010426185733.023fbec0@mail.etinc.com>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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