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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: Has anyone noticed this?
From:       "Kevin Carmony" <kevin () lindows ! com>
Date:       2002-05-30 18:08:25
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Waldo,

Yes, you're absolutely correct.

We WANT people to know what a great value KOffice is as compared to other
commercial applications, but certainly not imply that these same
applications cost more elsewhere.  We'll get this changed very soon to avoid
future confusion and make sure the proper message gets communicated.  (I'll
send you an email with the link when it's up, so you can take a look and let
us know if you think we've removed the misunderstanding.)

Thanks again for the heads up.  Oh, and by the way, KDE 3 rocks!

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Waldo Bastian [mailto:bastian@kde.org]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:59 AM
To: Kevin Carmony
Cc: shawn@thekompany.com; kde-devel@kde.org
Subject: Re: Has anyone noticed this?

Hi Kevin,

Thank you very much for addressing this so quickly, I really appreciate it.
I
think the confusion stems from the fact that it isn't clear that the $339
refers to another product. If you make this clear then I don't think there
is
any problem, alternatively I guess you could say that KOffice represents a
$339 value. The original page suggested that Koffice was normally sold in
retail for $339 and that is clearly not the case.

Cheers,
Waldo



On Thursday 30 May 2002 04:20 am, Kevin Carmony wrote:
> Waldo,
>
> Thanks for your email.  It would appear, based on your emails, that the
way
> we have the website now confused you and Shawn.  We're changing our
website
> to avoid this confusion in the future.
>
> Let me explain...
>
> We're not saying those particular programs cost anything, these are
> "comparison" prices.  We're NOT saying KOffice is $339, we ARE saying MS
> WORD is $339, and so on.  The idea is to get Windows users to ask
> themselves, "Why pay $339 for MS Word when I can get Linux applications
for
> MUCH less, if not free even."  The confusion is on our part, because the
> page isn't finished yet, and I can see that as it is now, how someone
would
> be confused.






 
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