[opensuse-factory] no 11.1 retail product in suse shops anywhere?
hi there, wondering why there arent any 11.1 rtm orders available in any of those suse shops that are linked from within the wiki. whats happening? btw: related question: does it still make sense to offer/buy a retail version of opensuse? what would be the best way to allow suse/novell to profit from opensuse developments and how would the funds from the enduser customers do the most good? i have been buying retail packages of opensuse for many years now, but maybe this method doesnt make any sense. is there any donation possibility for the opensuse projects or any other means? i would like to see the funds directly benefiting rather than wasting money for all those re-/e-/tailers, packaging, printing mostly useless manuals and manufacturing media down the production chain. should i rather donate directly to the opensource groups that come with todays suse distributions or something? any suggestions? cheers. p.s. german amazon seems to feature some 11.1 stuff after all. but not the official opensuse shop nor the novell shops. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Hi, On Sunday 07 December 2008, ab wrote:
hi there,
wondering why there arent any 11.1 rtm orders available in any of those suse shops that are linked from within the wiki.
whats happening? We will offer a retail box for openSUSE 11.1 again. We wanted to have a pre-order campaign with shop.novell and suseshop.de last week already but this got somehow delayed. This campaign should be up and running asap.
Best Michael
btw: related question: does it still make sense to offer/buy a retail version of opensuse? what would be the best way to allow suse/novell to profit from opensuse developments and how would the funds from the enduser customers do the most good? i have been buying retail packages of opensuse for many years now, but maybe this method doesnt make any sense.
is there any donation possibility for the opensuse projects or any other means? i would like to see the funds directly benefiting rather than wasting money for all those re-/e-/tailers, packaging, printing mostly useless manuals and manufacturing media down the production chain.
should i rather donate directly to the opensource groups that come with todays suse distributions or something?
any suggestions? cheers.
p.s. german amazon seems to feature some 11.1 stuff after all. but not the official opensuse shop nor the novell shops.
-- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Monday, 8. December 2008 11:58:41 Michael Loeffler wrote:
We will offer a retail box for openSUSE 11.1 again. We wanted to have a pre-order campaign with shop.novell and suseshop.de last week
Pre-order of German version is up at suseshop.de today. A Flashlight? :-) Bye, Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Stephan Binner escribió:
A Flashlight? :-)
Ohh.. I want a geeko LED flashlight too !! ;-) -- "We have art in order not to die of the truth" - Friedrich Nietzsche Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/
On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 00:08 +0100, ab wrote:
btw: related question: does it still make sense to offer/buy a retail version of opensuse? what would be the best way to allow suse/novell to profit from opensuse developments and how would the funds from the enduser customers do the most good? i have been buying retail packages of opensuse for many years now, but maybe this method doesnt make any sense.
A good portion of the reason for the retail box is marketing. See Zonker's post from this past summer: http://zonker.opensuse.org/2008/06/05/why-does-the-retail-box-matter-opensus... -- Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy - openSUSE Member Public Mail: <kevin.dupuy@opensuse.org> Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from the Yeaux! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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