Re: [ossig] Business Model

[Vincent Lee <leehongfay@yahoo.com>]

How about selling it at a higher price, but provide
onsite configuration, after sales telephone support,
viable?
So, the hardware + linux installation is only value
added, but the service/consultancy is the core
services to be provided.

 --- Seah Hong Yee <hongyee@polyscientific.com.my>
wrote: > Problem is with OSS, many can just as easily
> download and make copies  
> and sell. Few Linux packagers are making money
> unless they move  
> upmarket to corporate computing.  Seriously
> speaking, to really support  
> OSS, perhaps we should buy boxed set once in a while
> just to support  
> our favourite distro.
> 
> 
> On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 03:16 PM, Dinesh
> Nair wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Colin Charles  wrote:
> >
> >> Somehow, OSS for the end user seems to be a
> little hard to drive in.
> >> After all, these end users (the home users) can
> pick up a pirated copy
> >
> > but OSS for the SMI/SME market is where it's at. i
> think it's large  
> > enough
> > that another effort to complement cy lan's
> shouldnt be discouraged.  
> > think
> > of all this family run businesses which can't
> afford a 4-way compaq
> > server, but want the power of linux.
> >
> >
> > Regards,                           /\_/\   "All
> dogs go to heaven."
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