yes, numbers for example. As I tried to explain to you in my earlier post, RH DeLuxe is still $10 *more expensive* than SuSE 7.0 professional, and more than two times as expensive if you choose RH 6.2 Professional.
Right, and SuSE is better quality, but personally, I thought SuSE had more of a chance to pursaude RH customers at the old price scheme. That's one of the reasons I switched, btw - more stuff for less price. Otherwise, I might have stuck with RH and not risked trying some other brand.
I am not sure why you are now coming up with BeOS. That is a different kind of game and if you'd rather work with it you'd have to look at what it costs to maintain and support it. By the way, your numbers are wrong here, too. BeOS costs about $10 more than SuSE 7.0 as well (I am using the Chumbo.com quote and the price on the German SuSE site).
Perhaps it's just cheaper around here. BestBuy has BeOS 5.0 for $49.95. Not saying BeOS is superior, but it seems that Be, Inc. has undertaken more costs to develop a whole OS than SuSE has to compile and support one - yet SuSE and RH are more than Be. See what I mean? I don't want BeOS, but what I'm trying to say is to me, something you developed, compiled, and supported should cost more than something you compile and support. Perhaps BeOS sells a lot more copies than SuSE Linux, but I didn't think it did. Thus, if we figure similar sales plus complete from the ground developement versus compile, clean, and support - I don't see why BeOS should be cheaper (but, maybe BeOS just isn't doing the correct thing finacially).
Again, I don't understand your complaint. If you don't want the support (which is really what you pay for), download the free version from suse's ftp site. It ain't any cheaper than that. If you want the upgrade version, I bet there will
I'd love to - but broadband isn't available around here. :-( 6 CD's being downloaded at 28.8 Kbps could get tiring. Otherwise, I can assure you I would.
be an announcement on SuSE's US web site sooner or later and if they go with the same price model as the German's you'd be happily surprised.
It doesn't sound too bad - I hear about $35 dollars MSRP (say $40-$45 after S&H), not as good as before, but something that isn't too bad. Oh, well. I guess we will see on the 7.1 or 7.2 release whether the new pricing setup was successful... -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ===================== "Solutions that Work" ===================== -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq