Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3784 mails)

[Cliff Sarginson <cliff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I think we should all do our part by buying the boxed
> > version. 

This kind of statement really annoys me. My part is to create
a stable computing environment for what I use my computer for.
If 7.3 offers me facilities that help me more with that than
my current system does I will buy it. If it does not I will
not.

> >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.
> 
> Remember there's two markets they're after: upgrading and new sales. You 
> can't expect people to walk into a store and buy a box that's nearly a year 
> old. To ensure people new to Linux get the best product they have to keep 
> putting out an up to date product.
> 
> There seems to be a handful of people who *must* have the latest version, and 
> that's fine. Only then some of them complain that they're upgrading too 
> often, which is not fine. If you have upgrade-itus, and you don't like having 
> the condition, at least recognise that it's *your* problem, not SuSE's!

I agree. I have views on SuSE's policy on this and on their marketing
policies in general. But you are right, if someone feels compelled to
always upgrade then it is indeed they who must pay the price SuSE asks
for this.

Many people are still using older versions of SuSE, and if this fits their
environment than that is fine.

Upgrading in a commercial environment has a lot of consequences.
Extensive regression testing not being the least.

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Regards
Cliff