On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:22:27 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On Thursday, 2011-04-28 at 17:14 -0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:22:52 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Someone commented a similar case in one of the mail lists. He got no answer. I don't mean he got "no", he got no answer.
I'm not aware of that situation; and I'm sure if the SUSE folks on this ML had been aware of it, they might've been able to help.
It was someone in South/Central America, and he wrote in Spanish to us in the Spanish list.
OK, I'll take your word for it. Perhaps we need a better connection to that mailing list. It seems that someone who subscribes to that list and this one might've said something instead of holding it up as an example for why the default eval period isn't long enough. That doesn't really help the customer. If it's recent, you know there are people on this list who work for SUSE, so maybe even send the info to one of those individuals to follow up on. That's part of what being a community is about - helping each other out.
But really, honestly, do you think 60 days (or 90 days, or 120 days, or whatever the eval period is) is really too short to do a proper evaluation? How long is a long enough eval period? A year? Two years? At some point the line has to be drawn, and if someone needs more time, they need to ask for it - and if they don't get an answer, then they need to raise the issue with someone who can address it.
I understand that, and it is not my case. My case would that of one trying to get to know that side, just in case some one would want to hire me, not in order to use sles myself. I, hypothetically, would need to keep a continuous contact, now and then, to see how it feels. For that reason I can not commit to try it for just 30 days, I have to reserve that for a real chance, because I can only try it once in a lifetime, as far as I understand.
Well, like I said, that's not actually the case. It's entirely possible to get more than one eval if necessary. The thing is, one can search and search and search for the odd situation when someone wasn't able to find the right person. Those unusual conditions and circumstances don't drive how an eval program is set up. The *typical* situation is what's used to set up a program like that. So rather than looking for the really way-out-there-one-in-a-million chance that someone cannot complete a reasonable evaluation in the allotted time, consider that probably 99% of the people who *do* an eval are able to do it. Then consider that the 1% that can't be dealt with with the normal program can *generally* get an exception made that meets their needs, this really becomes a non-issue. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org