Re: Distribution in Europe...

faq
flatforty
contribute
subscribe
configure
search
rdf

main
parent
thread

Re: Distribution in Europe...
by Nicolas Goutte on Friday 10/Sep/2004, @13:27

Big selling manufacturers have contracts for the OS. So they get the licenses for much less than retail price but they have to sell it with every new computer. (Some find that they can afford the way of having another product number for the OS-less model and that they consider that it is not against their contracts.)

Small seller (for example single shops or small groups of shops) do not have any license contract and they (and their clients) pay the full price of a license. But that allows them to sell the computer without any OS or directly with a Linux.

(The same applies for the computer's CPU.)

Have a nice day!

Related Links

·   Articles on Community and Events
·   Also by Nicolas Goutte
·   Contact author

The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )

Re: Distribution in Europe...
by Nicolas Goutte on Friday 10/Sep/2004, @13:33

To be more precise: as the contracts are secret, it is well possible that one manufacturer having a contract can do it and the other one cannot.

[ Reply To This | View ]

The Fine Print: The previous comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )


		"We've been wondering, are Andreas Pour and Navindra Umanee the same person?" -- Charles Samuels
KDE®, "K Desktop Environment", "KDE Dot News", "got the dot?" and the KDE Logo® are trademarks or registered trademarks of KDE e.V. in the European Union, the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the poster. The rest: Copyright © 2000-2008 KDE e.V. for The KDE Project. For further information or comments on this site, please contact the Webmaster.