[CoLoCo] Ubuntu at Best Buy

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Scott Scriven <ubuntu-us-co at toykeeper.net>
wrote:

> * David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
> > But...  it costs money.
> >
> > I'm gonna have to say we're one step FURTHER now...  ; )
>
> Yeah, it's only $20.  It must not be very good.  I think I'll buy
> Vista instead.  I mean, sure, it costs a lot more, but that's
> because it's a *real* OS.
>
> ...
>
> The retail price for Ubuntu really needs to be higher...  they
> could sell a super-deluxe server edition for around $300
> (including regular and "alternate" CDs for a few architectures),
> and a home version for at least $100.  It would be the same as
> what you can download, but people would think it's worth more.


I don't think they can do this. One of the core values of Ubuntu is that it
will always be free. They can charge a price for pressing disc, packaging
and such which makes the $20 price about right or maybe a bit high, but $100
would probably cause problems as someone would be profiting on something
that is guaranteed to be free. I would think (hope) Canonical would
challenge that.

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