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Branding is also about this but we'll +come back to that. + +We do this because at the end of the day infrastructure costs, marketing +costs, a whole pile of things cost. One day some patch or application, which +is essential but completely non-sexy could require us to pay a dev on contract +and so on and so forth. + +Now our problem is that in these days of "everything free off the Internet" +getting Koha is problematic. However there is, obviously, a proportion of the +market that is willing to give Koha. That proportion in a market is generally +but arguably fixed, so the bigger the market the greater the Koha. Our +advantage is that our "costs" vary little with the size of the market. + +There could be an argument made that "Cost Optional" is a commercial model, +but a commercial model demands profit margins and I don't think that's where +we're at. + +><i> +</I>><i> Currently, the package inventory of Mandriva is fairly all-inclusive, +</I>><i> and I don't think we should abandon any specific interest group. +</I>><i> Mandriva may have to do this to remain commercially viable - we do not. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> However, let me try to translate your desires into a more technical +</I>><i> objective that would meet the need.. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Traditionally, the MDV ISO-building process has been complex, not +</I>><i> well-documented, and difficult for anyone outside of MDV to use. +</I> +[.................] + +><i> You want it, you design it, you press the button +</I>><i> and build it. +</I> +><i> +</I>><i> It should not be too difficult to write a utility that goes through a +</I>><i> content list and automatically updates the package names to newer +</I>><i> versions, so maintenance could be minimal. Of course, you'd need to +</I>><i> fire up the build utility to see if there are new package requirements +</I>><i> or if you've exceeded your space constraint. +</I> + +There is already a way of doing that, it's called OBS (OpenSUSE Build service, +it's free software, install it or in fact use it) and with that and SUSE +Studio, OpenSUSE have that corner of the market targeted and nailed. + +[....] + + +Cheers +GL + +-- +Graham Lauder, +OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ +<A HREF="http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html">http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html</A> + +OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. + +INGOTs Assessor Trainer +(International Grades in Open Technologies) +www.theingots.org +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000482.html">[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000516.html">[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#523">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#523">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#523">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#523">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |