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[Michael Loeffler <michl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 07 February 2008, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Stefan Hundhammer wrote:
> > On Tuesday 05 February 2008 18:03, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > > > > Perhaps SUSE could team up with the people who publish those Linux
> > > > > Bible books to include a CD.  They do publish a SUSE Bible.
> > > >
> > > > It already comes with a DVD containing Suse.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, every SuSE Linux Bible or Redhat Linux Bible
> > > I've ever seen on store shelves has a CD or DVD of a version
> > > which is horridly out of date
> >
> > Right. That's the biggest problem with that approach. Books seem to have
> > a much longer shelf life than software. You can still easily get a Linux
> > book with a 9.1 CD / DVD these days. And even though that book's sections
> > about installation might be outdated, the rest might not, so you can't
> > really blame the book store or the publisher that much.
>
> And if you wanted to show someone Linux...would you even
> think of showing him 9.1 now, in 2008?
>
> THAT's the big problem with the book-store method.
>
> It would be MUCH better to shrink-wrap the book with the
> CD/DVD packet OUTSIDE, in front of the front-cover of
> the book, with the SuSE Version number plainly visable,
> so that the primary product is the "current software,"
> not the book.
But this still won't change the shelf life cycle. After 18 months this 
software with an additional book is pretty outdated as well. 
M



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