They can't compete on product quality, so have to offer bribes...
Their products are massively overpriced, or they wouldn't be able to afford to offer such large discounts...
Also the "not suitable for business use" argument applied to microsoft years ago, and arguably still does...
Wasn't all that long ago when MS were the cheap option compared to Novell, IBM or proprietary unix... Sure their products were garbage and they knew it, but they were also a lot cheaper. Many of their products are still a joke compared to the stability, security and performance of proprietary unix from 10+ years ago.
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Desperation...
What this says to me is...
They can't compete on product quality, so have to offer bribes...
Their products are massively overpriced, or they wouldn't be able to afford to offer such large discounts...
Also the "not suitable for business use" argument applied to microsoft years ago, and arguably still does...
Wasn't all that long ago when MS were the cheap option compared to Novell, IBM or proprietary unix... Sure their products were garbage and they knew it, but they were also a lot cheaper. Many of their products are still a joke compared to the stability, security and performance of proprietary unix from 10+ years ago.