On Tuesday 08 October 2002 07:26, yves Baudrier wrote:
Why didn't you order your distro from suse.com? I've ordered mine from 'em, received it last friday, and installed on my boxes, on my home network during week-end. At least, when you order from SuSE site, all the sales profits go to SuSE. And they ship their distro very efficiently. It was the same for 8.0!
I don't know why *he* didn't do that, but I know why *I* didn't do that. I ordered 8.0 from SuSE.com, and I got it in good time... but I paid nearly double for it. I'm in Canada. When stuff comes across the border, you can either have it shipped postal, and then live in hope (because it can't be tracked once it crosses) or have it shipped courier and pay extra, plus brokerage. And either way, the currency exchange is a killer. This time, I ordered from Camelot in Montreal, who are offering free shipping in Canada. Also, because it is across a provincial border I'm not charged the provincial sales tax... only the federal one. However, all is not rosy. It's been over a week and I haven't seen my 8.1. (sigh! moan!) (need fix.... need fix now... must find vein.... :-) /kevin