On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 02:47, Nick Webb wrote:
I can see just about everyones point on this thread: The price is too high, SuSE needs our money to continue, etc. . . I really want to upgrade to 7.3 and support SuSE, but at $50 for the upgrade it's more than I paid for 7.2 Pro. I really wouldn't mind if it were a REAL upgrade, but unless I'm missing something there are little improvements in SuSE 7.3. So you get KDE 2.2.1 (which I have installed anyway), kerenel 2.4.10 (which I have), and the ability to use yast2 for LVM configuration, which works after the YOU update . . . I know there is more, but that is what jumped out at me as *cool* upgrades (cool games too, but you can download them all . . . ).
Think yourself lucky - in Australia the 7.2 Pro boxed set was $130.... Only one company is providing the upgrade packages, and they're about $80 I think.
Yast2 written in something other than Java. I've written graphical programs in Java, and I know it's easier, but I never tried to sell them. It's pretty sad when yast2 runs slow on my PIII-850MHz machine with 1GB of ram . . .
I'd have to agree with this one - so much so that I use YAST1 most of the time.
It would also be really nice also if there was a subscription service, ie pay $100 a year or so and get every SuSE release. That way I get every release without sticker shock, and SuSE gets continued support. If the option was available I would sign up for at least a year, probably more. Cdrom.com used to do this with Slackware a while back, anyone heard of such a service for SuSE from a third party?
That would be a great idea - I tend to purchase the Pro version of every second or third release, unless there's comething MAJOR in the manuals, etc. A colleague at work and I usually take turns and then burn copies of the CDs (not having a DVD burner...YET !!!) so it works out cheaper for us both - otherswise we'd never upgrade (in fact, my firewall and server at home are running 7.0, and the workstation is running 7.2 - I think the Libretto was running 7.1 before it kacked itself - bloody Toshiba hardware !!) Having an update subscriprion service for the CD-ROMs only would be great as well - OK, you miss the nicities in the manuals, but is solves the problem of burning 6 or 7 CDs, plus SuSE get financial support as well. I'd still buy the boxed set probably every third release or so, but not every one (sounds too much like a Windows upgrade then !!!) I believe the Upgrade Subscription Service in Germany is something like 50 Euro, and it's Europe only- maybe the service as CDs only for the rest of the wworld would be the way to go - you could then buy the boxed set if you really wanted the manuals. Jon Senior Network Manager Marsh Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia P.S. How do you convince PHB's to let you put a Linux server on the network that looks like a Netware box to prove a point without getting fired ?