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No, retailers do not stop anything. 1) Nothing, absolutely nothing sells in meaningful quantities for reatailer without marketing. 2) For unknown or new produc
by atirip 14y ago
No, retailers do not stop anything.
1) Nothing, absolutely nothing sells in meaningful quantities for reatailer without marketing.
2) For unknown or new products it is not in the retailers best interest to start create market for somebody elses brand/product. There's nothing to gain.
3) The brand/product must market themselves and as nobody owns Linux, nobody will do that, hence it will not sell.
- brudgers 14y ago"nobody owns Linux" It's not just marketing, it's service and education, too. Who trains the retailer's staff? What website do customers go to for support (and how does it compare to Microsoft or Apple? The business model for Linux is based on charging a premium for support rather than rolling it into the retail price. There's a good reason that Redhat stores don't exist. The Linux business is incompatible with consumer channels.