Michèl Alexandre Salim wrote: >Hello, > >Red Hat boxed sets tend to be priced much higher than >the equivalent pricing in United States. > >For instance, > >Red Hat Linux: USA - $59.95, Europe - 112 euro >(112x0.90 = $100, or 67% higher) >Red Hat Linux professional: USA - about 120 dollars? >Europe - 230 euro > >Americans earn 50% higher than Europeans and don't >have to pay on average 18% sales tax, so if anything, >the pricing structure should be *the reverse* > >Since Red Hat Linux is GPL, people do get by just >buying less boxed sets than they might otherwise, but >speaking for myself, I feel a bit robbed knowing some >richer people get their boxes for a lower price... > >Thank you for considering this, > >Michel Salim > > > That's NOT the only price discrepancy. Let's look at macromedia products or adobe. In Europe (and Romania) they are more than double.... _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
