Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4288 mails)

[Bryen <suseROCKS@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Sunday 28 October 2007 23:39:45 Aniruddha wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:31 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
> > > > And does it really cost 50 EUR per year to get security updates?
> > >
> > > That, plus other kinds of bug fixes and feature updates, plus support
> > >
> > > Anders
> > >
> > > --
> >
> > Does this mean that when you only pay 50 EUR for one year you don't get
> > security patches the next year? This would mean that Novell is even more
> > expensive then Windows XP which costs 100 / 150 (professional) EUR and
> > has at least 7 yrs of security patches support.
>
> WinXP Home Edition cost 199 USD, Professional is almost impossible to buy 
> today, Vista is 500 dollars. Get your facts straight
>
> But even so, for that money you get exactly nothing beyond the basic OS. No 
> office package, no programs, nothing
>
> And you certainly don't get support
>
> For the money you pay for SLED, you also get free access to new versions when 
> they're released. Good luck trying to get that from Microsoft (hint: without 
> a massive license agreement, you can forget it)
>
> But if none of this is important to you, you're probably better off with 
> opensuse. Remind me, the free version of Windows is called.....?
I'm initiating a slow clap that builds up in intensity.  Everyone,
please join in!  :-)

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---Bryen---

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