For work I don't care what the cost is as long as it's cheaper than Windows and I can use it on as many computers as I like. I would like to see a PC/Mac combo distro from SuSE if they are going to charge so much. I've never had need to call their tech support but I'd like it if I knew I could contact someone for stupid questions the mailing lists often can't answer even if I don't have proof of buying the boxed set. I don't like unlocking the server room, digging through stacks of software, etc to try to figure out if I need an ID number to contact tech support. I want it blazened to the home page that tech support will answer a question anytime I need. Also they really could organize the web site and ftp site a little better. It always takes me about twice as long to find what I need for SuSE as it does for Mandrake (my other main distro). Debian is usually a little better too. RedHat is about as hopeless as SuSE's site. For home use I'd never pay so much for a boxed set. Given I don't need the manuals and don't need a glossy box I usually just download a burn my own or buy $5 white cd's from one of the online dealers. If SuSE had similar CD's of their own for sale (and I knew it) I'd go w/ them even if it cost a lil bit more just to give them their own profit. Especially if they had a mini-boxed set w/ both PC and Mac versions in one case. SuSE needs a groovy green binder that can be bought w/ such mini-boxed sets similar to Yellow Dogs wasp binders. I carry my Yellow Dog notebook with me everywhere and it gets them lots of free advertising because everyone loves that binder. If SuSE sold such binders w/ a mini-box set of SuSE and a quick-tips guide I'd gladly pay a decent price for them. We could get one for each person in our tech staff to keep notes in etc. If it had a PDA pocket added I'd be in love. :) *^*^*^* Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. -- Albert Einstein On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Michael Hasenstein wrote:
Samy Elashmawy wrote:
How meny boxes at $79.99 do you expect a typical non comercial user to buy a year at M$ type pricing. At $29.99 I have no problem buming up at each dot version , but at $79.00 I will realy look closely at the product. If I
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You're wrong right from the start - we didn't sell a single box less with the new pricing, which is JUSTIFIED anyway. Slashing the price to $3 won't get us even 20% more sales (but a huge loss per box).
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