On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 05:58:32PM +0100, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> Still leaves me with the question how one could identify a (verbatim)
> copy as being Red Hat Linux... If it is a verbatim copy it *is* Red
> Hat Linux, only it does not come with support.
I think they do need to stress the difference between their distribution and
a freebie; but I think it's short-sighted to forbid identification of the
distribution as being "Red Hat Linux without support."
If it's an anonymous distribution, the recipient has no incentive to buy
Red Hat--they may not even really know it's Red Hat.
If it's identified clearly as "Red Hat Linux without support", and they
like the package, they're much more likely to spend the modest amount to
buy the REAL thing, on the assumption they'll like the support and printed
documentation. That possiblity of capturing sales also makes support
personnel answering calls with, "we don't support what we didn't sell.
Want to buy it right now?" a profit center, if done right.
Cheers,
--
Dave Ihnat
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