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How Not To Sell Linux Products

Posted by timothy on from the user-interfaces-suck-near-universally dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Roblimo looks at why so many Linux products fail in the marketplace, and decides it's not because Linux users want everything free, but because most products they're asked to buy are either poorly marketed or don't work well. He has some good advice for anyone trying to sell stuff to Linux users, except it really applies to *all* computer products, not just Linux." (NewsForge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.)

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  1. OMFG THAT"S SO FUNNY!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    i think i just shat myself

  2. Re:Or is it the other way around? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    BTW, it's "Mac OS X" not OS-X

  3. Re:Anyone have an idea what the free software was. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I am curious as well. I can't seem to google anything that relates to this...