Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5100 mails)

[Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 09 June 2004 10:38 am, SRGlasoe wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 June 2004 6:16 am, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > I ordered 9.1 pro from the asknet website on March 10th.
> > Sorry Suse, but I will never order from SuSE direct again.
> >
> > (and I'd much rather my money went to SuSE than to Amazon)
> >
> > Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx  Bellaire, MI
>
> Bruce,
>
> Are you aware that Asknet is in Europe and is the online store for
> www.suse.de and other SUSE European web sites?  Digital River is the online
> store for www.suse.com which is SUSE's North American web site. The Asknet
> site has the order page up first for every new release and Digital River is
> sometimes 1 - 2 weeks behind but up well before release date. From here
> (this side of the Atlantic) I recommend being patient until the SUSE.com /
> Digital River site is up before ordering.
>

Yes, I was aware of that at the time but assumed that if they were also going 
to distribute in the states, that the order would be turned over to the place 
in the states that would handle it.   Any smart company would provide for 
this.


> Stan

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