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Re: The Viral Marketing Campaign Begins

In <1161732659.546144.57140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Rex Ballard 
wrote:
> 
> At this point, none of 
> the major OEMs, other than Apple, offer operating systems other than
> Microsoft's for display on retail shelves.

SuSE Linux appeared on PC World shelves for a while, but the rapid turn 
round of Linux distros puts them at a disadvantage when it comes to 
retail shelves.

Five years between Windows releases gives time to sell, 18 months 
between OS X releases gives time to sell. Six months between Linux 
releases is too short. No dealer wants unsold stock and if they can't 
sell SuSE 10 before 10.1 appears they're either stuck with it or they 
refuse to stock it.

-- 

Peter

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