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A second thought. There's always the 'pre-install over the internet
business'. If you did it right, you possibly stay in business. I think that
part of the problem with Linuxcare and VALinux was that they started out too
big, and moved too quickly. They didn't grow with the market, they over-grew
and consumed all of their resources too quickly. A small vendor, on the other
hand, can more easily stay in business, since you're only going to be one or
two people, and your focus can be the customer, not growth or your investors,
which can be distractions. Linux will grow, but the market for Linux has to
be carefully maintained, like a rose garden. Rome wasn't built in a day, and
roses require lots of care...
HTH
Russell
On Thursday 02 May 2002 03:17 am, you wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Hubby asked me to put this out for public consumption. He's thinking
> about starting a computer shop for sales and service that is strictly
> geared to Linux users. You know, building computers with the Linux OS
> installed (he's thinking Mandrake, but he's not sure). Two questions
> come to mind:
>
> 1) do any of you know of anyone who is already doing this?
> 2) would you frequent this type of a shop?
>
> He's thinking about doing the research and stocking all the items that
> pertain to Linux--mostly hardware that would be compatible with the OS.
> I need some input because I'm not sure of the logistics, and quite
> frankly, I'm quite nervous about dealing solely with Linux when so many
> are indoctrinated with the Windoze philosophy. He wants to get certified
> with Linux (apparantly RH and Mandrake have this available) so that he
> can do more with it.
>
> Any ideas or input? Thanks!!!
>
> Anita
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Linux -- the OS for the Renaissance Man
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