On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 12:37 +0200, Patriiiiiiiiiick wrote:
I totally agree with that. I would even suggest to have an "online version only" option. It might be a bit cheaper because you don't get CD's/DVD and books.
I don't want to have any material. I've always made ftp installs and I don't care about having the media.
I would like to have a "download immediately at release" option and I am ready to pay for that.
I suppose, then, that it would depend on the costs of bandwidth. Is it, indeed, actually cheaper for SuSE to host 7-8 GB of an OS for download than it is to box it up on a couple DVD's and some CD's. And throw in a manual. My guess is that, in volume, the box sets are actually cheaper than what they pay in ISP fees. Eight gigabytes is actually a ton on bandwidth, you know? Sure, you can let your cable modem run all week and get it, but actual, dedicated, guaranteed bandwidth is expensive. I don't know. Maybe I'm way off base here. But if it were cheaper for them, I'd think they'd be doing it already. Regards, dk