Posted by: Anonymous
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on September 06, 2008 04:43 AM
Rather than selling support, why not actually sell an education? Then you don't have as big of a support nightmare.
To me this only makes sense because the biggest hurdle any 'switcher' is going to face is how to use <fill_in_your_Linux_distro_of_choice>. The next logical step in the world of open source is open source training. Figure out how to do that without losing money and you've got not only the goods, but the motivation.
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Re: Selling GNU/Linux in a box
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 75.95.39.35] on September 06, 2008 04:43 AMTo me this only makes sense because the biggest hurdle any 'switcher' is going to face is how to use <fill_in_your_Linux_distro_of_choice>. The next logical step in the world of open source is open source training. Figure out how to do that without losing money and you've got not only the goods, but the motivation.
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