From: "Timothy R. Butler"
The cheapest I can get one here is about $350 - (our poor old dollar is worth about 58c US) On line costs are similar - I live two hours drive from Brisbane (State Capital) and a 24/7 dialup connection will cost me $145/month with a 5GB download limit. Or I can pay an ISP $1550 for the connection, then $445/month for ISDN - with a 10GB/month d/l limit. I have to sign up for a minimum 18 months to get it that cheap(!). That would make a few problems with the wife, I'm sure! In Brisbane itself, I believe the
Woah, that is pretty bad. I can get a cable or ASDL line with unlimited bandwidth for $39.95 a month (What about $80 in Australian Dollars?). <p>> Sure they have, and great code it is (not!). The fact is, Linux and the
FSF promote the word "free" as in 'free speech' - not 'free beer'. Would you really expect someone to put in the work that SuSE does on the distro, AND support the Open Source movement the way they do, without looking for a return on their investment? I still consider the Pro package to be a very reasonable price to pay for a collection of top quality (and constantly getting better) software.
Right, I agree. Mainly my point was that, since I would say around 80-90% of the code is free (as in 'free beer') for SuSE to use, it isn't quite like SuSE is developing 1,500 apps. I might also add, that not all of the 1,500 apps work or work well, so it's not even 1,500 GREAT apps. Not complaining here, simply pointing out that top quality code or not, MS offers quite a bit more investment for the price they charge. On the flip side, they also sell wwwaaayyy more software. However, while I still think that the Pro edition is a bit on the high side (c'mon I was paying $29 for the same thing for months ago - inflation ain't that bad), I'm simply suggesting a cheaper version to complement SuSE's current offerings.
Just my $0.02...
Plus mine :-)
Now are we up to six? <g>
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