On Friday 25 November 2005 10:29 am, Bryan S. Tyson wrote:
On Friday 25 November 2005 10:14 am, Joachim Schrod wrote:
there is no MP3 support on the retail DVD any more
How does Novell/SuSE expect market share to increase with such a glaring omission? I can understand leaving it out of OpenSUSE.
The average Windows-using retail customer is just going to walk away. This is the retail box we're talking about. They should pay whatever fee they think is necessary to make it legal and raise the price to cover it. The same with DVD support.
This is a very valid point. Xandros (I believe - never used it) and Linspire includes out of the box DVD support, if you wish to have it. I know for Linspire it is a US $10 charge. Not bad, if you want DVD playback on your computer. (Again, not something I really care about but seems to be an issue.)
I have been purchasing and using the retail boxed set since version 6. The retail box lacking DVD support was bad enough. Now that they don't even include mp3 support,
Although easy to overcome, this is a GLARING omission. I've yet to hear of a software company getting sued by Frauenhofer for using the LAME codec. Not including an item simply because of the possibility of a threat of a lawsuit shows lack of strength. Maybe we should call version 10 the Chicken Little version.
and with the recent Gnome-centric plans for the future, I am seriously considering dropping SuSE. Recently as I stood in CompUSA holding the version 10 box in my hand, I sadly put it back on the shelf and left.
I hear ya! Although at the same time, picking one distro and sticking with it would be a good move in my opinion. Though linux is about choice, having the company choose a standard isn't all that bad. If it is the butt-ugly unfriendly Gnome, so be it. At least Novell will be drawing a line in the sand and supporting that standard. Then their efforts won't be split between the two major desktops. ...enough ranting. -- kai www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part