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[Christopher Mahmood <ckm@xxxxxxxx>]

* Timothy R. Butler (tbutler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) [010126 13:12]:
> 
> > That's almost what the personal edition is--the handbook is
> 
>   True. What I did differently, was suggest that users get all of the CDS
> (7) + the DVD (1), but receive absolutely no documentation other than a
> simple 2-3 pg. pamphlet (i.e. "Insert CD into drive, follow prompts,
> thank-you for buying SuSE!") Then sell it for the same price as the personal
> edition (approx). Call it the "you are on your own" version or something...
>   It would cost more than the Cheapbytes CDs, but it would have the nice
> advantage of including the DVD, and packaging it all in a nice jewel case
> (like 6.1 had).

I suggested something similar when the discussions for splitting
into the distribution in "Personal" and "Professional" were going on
since, if I were a customer, that's what I'd want to buy.  No one
really liked the idea...

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Cheers,

Christopher Mahmood 

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