Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1919 mails)

[gdoris@xxxxxxxxxxxx (gerry doris)]

LinuxCentral also sells the SuSE distribution for $34.95.  Both
LinuxCentral and CheapBytes are listed on the SuSE home page as
authorized distributors of the SuSE distribution.

I believe you may be missing my point.  I have absolutely NOTHING
against SuSE's distribution.  In fact, I'd like to buy it.  However, I
don't want to buy 5.2 now and in a few weeks buy 5.3 at the full
retail price.  

If two companies are selling the complete SuSE distribution for
$34.95 then that to me is the street value of the product.  If these
companies were also offering the subscription program at a similiarly
reduced price (ie. $34.95 - $15.00 = $20.00) then I would simply go
out and buy.  t seems though that only SuSE sells the subscriptions. 
If I'm wrong please let me know (I'm sure you will :) !!).

Gerry

On 18-Jul-98 Fred A. Miller wrote:
>
>gerry doris wrote:
>> 
>> SuSE's subscription price of $34.95US is exactly the same as the
>> retail price for the complete distribution offered by CheapBytes. 
>To
>> my mind the subscription price = street price = full retail price.
>> 
>> I fail to see any benefit to subscribing other than I receive the
>> upgrades (and invoice) automatically.  I still maintain that SuSE
>> should have a more attractive upgrade (or subscription) price for
>it's
>> users.
>
>NO ONE sells retail as cheap as CheapBytes.  Everyone else is much
>higher.  $34.95 is a real bargin, IMHO, I don't think there's any
>room
>for complaint.
>
>Fred
>
>-- 
>Fred A. Miller, Systems Administrator
>Cornell Univ. Press Services
>fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>fm@xxxxxxxxxxx
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E-Mail: gerry doris <gdoris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 18-Jul-98
Time: 01:53:09

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