Hi, a. True. The problem SuSE ( or others ) has is to satisfy everybody !!! b. For a homeuser 3 or 2 distributions is to much a year. In 4-5 months you don't have the time to test all the softs inside. So I prefer a solid rock 1 year distro even if it costs 150$ and upgrade essentials via FTP. c. 80$ for a compagny like IBM ???? no comment !!! d. File transfer is boosting more and more. We will inevitably go to that sort of distribution ( less people involved, less stocks, no waists etc....) e. Every solution for me has to include a solidarity $ for the open source development for the developpers. ( there should be an agreement between all distros RH, SuSE, Deb etc.... ) But everybody has a different feeling. You nor I can change things, all together we can. Cheers, Filip. Le Vendredi 9 F�vrier 2001 22:40, Fred A. Miller a �crit :
Brian Galbraith wrote:
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 02:20:18PM -0600, Timothy R. Butler allegedly said:
and frankly the hobbist part says $79.99 is way too expensive for a hobby.
Well Personally I disagree..... 5 months of fun for less than I would spend on a night out.
Quite right. Further, a comparison of SuSE's price for the Pro. version to MickySoft's $89.95 for 'Bloze98SE is BOGUS, at best! Consider that 1 is incredibly stable, the other isn't, and one comes with THOUSANDS of $$ worth of software that has been TESTED for that release and the other hasn't, and the argument is clearly "apples and oranges."
Fred
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