Nah. No Lemons Here. It was more a theoretical question than a world shattering disappointment for me. Some commercial software authors protect customers that purchase software within X months of a new release. This keeps customers happy and smooths revenue toward the end of the release schedule. However, Tom Emerson pointed out that SuSE is on an aggressive 6 month release cycle and that makes the kind of thing I was asking for a bit difficult. After perusing the list archives a bit closer, I find that many SuSE customers wait a release or two before buying, or download the "free" version between purchases. Makes sense to me. Jerry Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
netzener@netscape.net wrote:
Just bought 8.1 about 3 weeks ago. Does anyone know if SuSE protects users in this situation?
It isn't like somebody gave you a lemon. 8.1 is a good release, you can use it just fine, or buy the upgrade to 8.2, if you want to have latest and greatest (which would be very nice :-) ).
Is everything you have at home (TV, computer, fridge, whatever) the newest model there is?