Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Dec 2005 11:28 UTC
Novell's Linux investments are finally showing results as its Linux revenue of $61 million (EUR 52 million) jumped 418 percent from last year's fourth quarter. Novell announced its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year financial results, which ended October 31, 2005, on Thursday.
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Compared to the prices of the blades, yes. Same thing with printers. In my area, the cheapest inkjet printer can be bought for about 40$, yet a set of black and colour cartidges for that same printer is well over 80$... I sold my Epson printer for a laser because of that gammick. A cartidge set was something like 100$. Not that toner isn't a gammick, but it's cheaper...
So, basically, Novell could gave away their products, yet provide their services at a high premium. Perhaps they could do like some companies do: giving away their stuff, yet making it so bloody complex that you need them for operating it.
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2005-07-18
i never heard of this type of economics before. supply and demand, net gain or net loss, fair market competition, dow jones industrial, nasdaq... these are words i am more familiar with. care for some explaining?
If I'm not mistaken, I think he's referring to the way razor companies (Schick, Gillette, etc) perform business. They practially give away the razor, but then charge a fortune for the blades. Kind of like printer companies with their cartridges. Anywho, if I'm mistaken, someone please correct me.