Re: tlug: TL 1.9Beta-1

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Karl-Max" == Karl-Max Wagner <karlmax@example.com> writes:

    >> well, at the moment Walnut Creek has the distribution rights
    >> for Turbolinux outside of Japan, so it's kind of up to them.
    Karl-Max> Interesting. Didn't know that - and this is a _BAD_
    Karl-Max> thing: it means that they lack marketing
    Karl-Max> aggressivity. Actually, I never saw it anywhere
    Karl-Max> downtown.

Or maybe they just decided to put their efforts somewhere else.  The
German consumer market, in particular publishing, has a pretty bad
reputation internationally as a tough one to crack due to government
protection of cartels and monopolies.  Markets involving intellectual
property rights are extremely difficult to open, so don't take this as
a complaint against Germany.

Industrial goods, on the other hand, are extremely open and Germany in
general has a reputation for reciprocal trading (in any given
industry, trade goes both ways).

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