[CoLoCo] Ubuntu at Best Buy

[David Overcash]

Just an FYI...  I just found out that the boxed set comes with 60
daysof support from the boxing company: Valuesoft.

I'm not sure how I feel about the quality of support...  but at least
it's more than the (free) cd.

-David

On 7/9/08, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Best Buy shoppers won't buy expensive server OS's or expensive uber-geek
> versions of
> desktop OS's, and Best Buy won't waste shelf-space on a non-selling items.
> A better
> approach would be to sell Linux with basic support, or Linux with a nice
> book, for $50
> to $80, like Red Hat used to.  Few people will spend money for what they can
> download
> for free, and if someone does it accidentally, that person will feel like
> they got
> screwed.  About the version at Best Buy, what is the customer getting for
> $20 that they
> can't download?  There'd better be a book or something.  If there ~is~ a
> nice book in
> the box, this is an ideal package for Joe or Jane to get some Ubuntu.  But,
> why does it
> say "Official" when it's not from Canonical?  Is this a Canonical-blessed
> deal, or just
> a random company with a printer?  Is this going to force Canonical to do
> with Ubuntu
> branding what Red Hat had to do with Red Hat branding, that is, protect it?
> I am
> hesitantly happy to see Ubuntu on the shelves.  I hope to see Red Hat back
> on the
> shelves next to it, one day, or SUSE, I suppose.
>
> --David
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