Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3784 mails)

[Ole Kofoed Hansen <okh-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, babu walad wrote:

> I think we should all do our part by buying the boxed
> version. However, having bought the boxed 7.1 release
> a few weeks before the 7.2 came out, I just cannot
> justify buying 4-5 boxes every year. I would hope
> Suse (and others) would at least allow some number
> of free upgrades (complete ones) before you were
> encouraged to buy another box.

What gives people the idea that they have to buy a new
version 4-5 times a year?

Please consider the following points:

1) You don't have to upgrade each time.
2) SuSE only releases approximately 2 versions every year.
3) If you want to upgrade without paying, there is always ftp.
   Please use a mirror.

I usually buy one of each major version. (5.3, 6.3 and 7.2 so far.)
This amounts to one box about once every 2 years. Even I can afford that.
In between, I have either downloaded or just skipped that version -
depending on the type of internet access I had at the moment.

Regards

Ole