On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 00:00 -0400, BandiPat wrote:
On Thursday 06 October 2005 11:48 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:
On Thursday 06 October 2005 8:33 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
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Second, my frame of reference is SUSE Pro 9.3's package, which contained
1) Admin Manual and User Manual 2) SuSE sticker 3) 2 DVDs, 5 CD's in a nice case
I paid ~ $90 for that product. I would happily pay the same for 10.0
Now, comes SUSE Linux 10.0, ONLY OFFERED IN ONE PACKAGE. It contains;
1) Startup manual 2) 1 DVD, 5 CDs in a cheap cardboard box
I found lot's of value in the 9.3 Pro package, I was pleased when I openned it.
I find no value in the 10.0 package, I need an admin manual a lot more than I need a start up manual (think about it, you only 'start up' once, you admin stuff all the time), and I appreciated the Media holder to protect the media I purchased. The sticker was a nice touch, kind of a thank you to the customer. They are all gone in 10.0, so why bother buying the box set in the first place? Might as well just download the ISO's....
Scott
<snip> I too was not all to happy that the box contained less. But after close inspection it is understandable. On 9.3, all the sources did fit on a single layer DVD, now they would need a double layered DVD (2621 packages require about 5.5 GB) And today i printed the electronic version of the manual: the 9.3 admin manual was about 450 pages, now it is 770 pages!! So it just could not be done for the old price. Perhaps the SuSE product manager should let the customers decide a) for those not able or capable of burning, just sell a nice plastic box with just the DVD's (and stickers) for even less. b) or a deluxe box with all kind of architectures (386, 64, ppc, Sparc, HP-PA, ... and all books (there could/should be more) nicely printed out and longer official support for much much more money. Hans