Gruezi, all. If you look at what you have to pay RedHat to get priority ftp, I don't think the prices being suggested are realistic. Well, perhaps the $40 fee, every 6 months or so. Ftp bandwidth is not cheap for SuSE, either, nevermind all the basic costs of manpower etc. that will not go away. I think there is a certain value to having only a few products. Too many products can confuse new customers and create customer ill-will (we've seen it already). I know that diversifying product lines is one way to increase total consumption, but that works in more saturated markets. In this case I don't think it's the way to go. Many people have commented on how they liked the fact that there used to be just one SuSE. SuSE was SuSE and that was it. I myself don't much care for marketing-driven product proliferation because at the root of all marketing is sham and insincerity. But hey, that's beside the point. There remains exactly one issue we all agree on -- upgrade editions have to be better priced. I think this is possible through grandfathering an original full-price registration in a subscription service. But this is only so much wind, a priori -- or is it a posteriori -- because fundamentally SuSE has to price taking into consideration its costs. And since we don't know what exactly those are, this is all kind of moot. We do know that if SuSE gives its work out for free, soon there will be no SuSE. That's a pretty simple calculation. C -- Corvin Russell -- 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