No more retail boxes for RedHat and other changes

Kurt Wall kwall
Mon May 17 11:49:32 PDT 2004


Quoth Michael Hipp:
> Harry Giles wrote:
> >http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=364
> 
> > No more retail boxes for RedHat and other changes
> 
> Would someone re-assure me this is a good thing. Seems like this is how 
> Caldera started into their death spiral.

The article has been updated, now titled "Red Hat to change development 
model, abandon shrinkwrap (UPDATED)." I can tell you that retail isn't
where you make your money, it simply keeps you in front of the public
and gets you name recognition. Monday's announcement should prove more
informative.

Caldera's downfall started long before they dropped retail support,
as Llama pointed out.

Kurt
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