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It would also be really nice also if there was a subscription service, ie pay $100 a year or so and get every SuSE release. That way I get every release without sticker shock, and SuSE gets continued support. If the option was available I would sign up for at least a year, probably more. Cdrom.com used to do this with Slackware a while back, anyone heard of such a service for SuSE from a third party? A comment on this: The past few Suse new versions have been coming out at 2 a year so that $100 for a subscribtion would equate to $50 each for a year of subscriptions. So your still be paying the $50 for each upgrade.
To me I would gladdly pay the 79.99 or what ever it turns out to be even it i do upgrade twice a year. I get the new books an If i want to then i can pass the old version down to someone that wants to jump into linux an they still get the books. just my 2 cents worth. Another way of looking at this is that if you have more then one machine like I do that you plan to put suse on then you are free to do that with just one copy, but not that way with a microsoft upgrade, you are forced to buy a copy for each machine an you do not get a break for multiply copies unless you buy in volumn, so to me im still coming out cheaper with suse at buy 2 releases a year then I would ever be with microsoft. jack malone Network Administrator EAST TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND dba HORIZON INDUSTRIES 903-595-3444 http://www.horizonind.com