Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3166 mails)

["Robert Besaw" <rbesaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe this horse is as dead as it's going to get.

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From: Curtis Rey [mailto:crrey@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 4:26 PM
To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: AW: [SLE] 8.2 Announced

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Fred, I must agree with you.  I don't have a DVD but so what. They're
very 
cheap now (about $30-40 US) and upgrading is a snap.  Besides used DVD 
readers sold by upgrade junkies are usually fine and much cheaper
($15-20 if 
you look around a bit). 

This happens every time with a new release.  It amazes me how people
will 
nitpick these issues to death.  It's not as if they were singled out or 
something, or that SuSE is in a position like some other monopolist that

adopts the screw you - you'll pay for what we give you and like it
atttitude.  

It's almost like those that complained that there wasn't floppies
anymore.  
Most OEMs aren't even putting floopy drives in the systems anymore (at
least 
in the US).

It reminds of a saying (puts on flame retardant enviromentally
controlled 
armored suit).  Never teach a cat to sing - it wastes your time and
annoys 
the cat!

<jumps for the door to his bomb shelter>

Cheers, Curtis :-O

P.S.  Come on guys lighten up!


On Thursday 13 March 2003 05:57 am, Frederik Vos wrote:
> Quoting Marshall Heartley <heartley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > Oh good, I quess I will not buy, because I do not have A DVD.
> > > Thanks for the info.
> >
> > Looks like I will not either!
> >
> > > On Thu, Mar 13, Schulz Georges wrote:
> > > > Then why is there only 5 CD's?
> > >
> > > Because the sources are only on the second DVD.
> >
> > This is a VERY POOR judgement call on your part SuSE!!!  I like a
few
> > others on this list do not own a DVD drive but now you insist on
putting
> > the sources on a DVD??? What good is that going to do me???
Especially
> > if I need to recompile something. I guess it is to cut down on cost
but
> > without the sources, you are no better than MS and like I stated
before,
> > others like me do not have broadband to download the sources.  So
what
> > do users without a DVD and broadband do?  I guess you are telling us
> > like MS that we need to change our hardware!!!! What next
activation??
>
> Stop this troll please ...
> Is a dvd player that expensive ??
> The gpl say nothing about how you deliver the source ... maybe they
can
> sent you a book with all sources ..., then you have your source and
you
> don't need any extra hardware.
> Otherwise just download the sources from the internet: 90% of the
sources
> are not that big.
> Come on: everytime that Suse introduces a new version there are lamers
> again and again with myths and complainings before the release is even
> there.
>
> --
> m vr gr
> Frederik Vos
> VosBerg@SuSE & L4L
> http://www.vosberg.be

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