Re: Anyone know why the Alpha market is so so quiet?

In article <46508137$0$90268$14726298@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Arne Vajhøj <arne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Chip Coldwell wrote:
It's a weird business model, giving away software and selling support.
IBM Global Services made a lot of money essentially selling support
(although they've really screwed the pooch lately if you believe Robert X.
Cringely). But you're right that necessarily the margins on supporting
Linux will have to be small if everybody has access to the source code and
therefore anybody could offer to sell support.

Mass producing cars using an assembly line also brought the
prices of cars downs.


Yes, but IIRC the original UK Ford Escort was sold at a price which
didn't make Ford any money. The profit came from future sales of
replacement parts, which were huge, given the market penetration of
those models.

--
Paul Sture
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