Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3784 mails)

[Jon Pennington <cowboydren@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- James Ogley <james.ogley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> SuSE used to do this, it was called the SuSE Evaluation CD (before
> the days of the Live Eval) and you know what?

That's not entirely true.  There was a time when both were offered,
then they dropped the Live in favor of the Install, then the Live
came back, now the Install is gone.
 
> People would d/l the ISO or pick up an Eval at a show or something
> and then would not buy the boxed set.

I downloaded the live as soon as it was available, used it to do the
base install, FTP to install stuff that wasn't on it, then I'd go
out, buy the box, and give it to a friend who didn't have fatpipe. :)
 
> They were perfectly within their rights to do so of course, but it
> was hurting SuSE badly.

Indeed.  Too bad other people don't waste as much money as I used to
on frivolous things like supporting a cause... ;)

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