On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:06:50 -0800 (PST), Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Vikki Roemer wrote:
..booo, Alvin. "..and I???" ;-) > > > ..sure, but Vikki also plans to sell customized boxes. > > > On these, I would sell Sarge. > > > And charge extra for anything else. > ... > > If the customer *insisted* on (*gag*) RH or Mandrake or something, I > > would definitely charge extra. > > be prepared to be be gagging lot more than you think .. > > and be sure that the "extra charge" is more than enough to make > you take the deal vs moving onto ohter prospects > > charging "extra" is good ... even better if one can collect on it > > "80% - 90%" of the extra charge will be for some flavor of windoze > > if people are buying 20-30 systems at a time with Win2K installs > at $200each (and upwards) ... than we just *gag* and build it for um > .. > - dual boot- windoze + linux + some minor tweeks ..bad ram-down-the-troat trap: How do you prove "it was Microsofts and not your fault?" Stay away from dual boots, send them down the street. > otherwise, we usually tell them we dont support windoze under > their budget for "support" they are expecting, and tom-dick-n-harry > pc shop down the street will install windoze for FREE, so why pay us?? > > - we tell them we do linux customizations in hw and sw and mw .... > > - everybody wants custom this and custom that ( which is different > than the default distro ) and expects it to be done for free.. :-) > - and nobody wants to pay for patches ... oh well ... > ( do you do it for free or bill um ) > > - and its always on different hardware .. > > - as long as a budget and check is in hand ... they've probably > got a deal, and if the budget they have is in a different > ball park, tom-dick-n-harry down the street works out good > ( or dell, compaq, gateway, etc, ) > > c ya > alvin > > - just our mix of "who comes knocking" > - and unless we reply within 1-2 hrs .. the deal is gone by the > time we reply after that ( consistently replying for each email > from them ) -- not easy to do > > - about 95% of them w/ checks in hand are looking for rh support > and customizations, 5% was for slackware, 1% (usually geeky admins) > was looking for debian, and suse is getting up the tree in the last > few months > - keep in mind their managers are the suits and guess what > distro those with budgetary ccntrol wants .. > > - if you're concentrating on debian ... for a living ... you'd need a > good long savings and/or a good debian-based customer base ..as the penguin pioneer around, her only competition is Microsoft, and building that base is workable. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
