At 08:07 AM 8/8/2000 -0700, David Trotz wrote:
Mike Cleary Wrote....
Whoa! I figured it would be a bit more expensive this time around... But not double the cost (even at Chumbo no less...). I doesn't seem to me you're getting that much more (i.e. more than in 6.4) for the extra cost.
And Samy Elashmawy wrote....
I was more than willing to spring $29.99 for each new incremental version and heve been since 5.3 I will not be able to continue this pattern at $59.99 (www.chumbo.com) a pop. On top of that I still dont have a dvd either.It looks like I may just wait and see how stable 7.0 and may even wait for 7.1.
What are you guys talking about? SuSE Linux 6.4 was retailed at $49.99 (of which I got for $19.99 at CompUSA, and everywhere else is $29.99) And SuSE Linux 7.0 Professional is retailed at $59.99 a whole ten dollars more. Not double as Mike is stating.
7.0 Deluxe at 59.99 from www.chumbo.com for what is basicly similar to the full edition of 6.4 only it now comes with a dvd rom. 7.0 personaql which is some whate striped down with only 3 cds for 29.99 from www.chumbo.com Thats theSAME PRICE PAID FOR A FULL 6 CD SET WITH MANUAL FOR 6.4 SO that means your NOW Getting LESS fo the same $29.99 OR pay more to get what is closer to the previos product. Peviosly I was picking up the complete cd set as for 29.99 it was not an isssue for me. But at 59.99 for each releas then it becomes an issue to me. Stabilility , cost and suport are what drove me to suse linux. At the time I jumped to linux , suse was the only vender to offer phone suport. That is no longer so. this list is VERY good for suport. so that is no longer an issue ,as I have learned more on this list that I ever thought I wood. So that brings me to stabilty and product features. Limnix is stable especialy compared to windows. As for product , I have been fathfull to suse since jumping on to it at 5.3. However other distros are ver busy catching up to suse coat tials . Look at mandrake and some of the other install tools. there not yast , and yast has not caought up. I most lse yast for admin now. Yast 2 still has some work to be done and is not quit up to task. But it is improving. Now that leaves package selection. so far Suse has been king of the jungle here. There was another disto cliaming somethinclose to the same number of apps as suse , but its a new one and an untested distro. Any way If you realy want a package you can download it but its easer to just slap a cd into the drive and install it , even if is a few versions old. If you like it thehn you can go for the newer one and down load it. So you can expect that 7.0 will sell at places
like CompUSA for no more than $40.00. It could be more but SuSE did not double their prices, so if you pay double it is because you got a really great deal in the first place. Can't you guys stop whining about cost and realize things change. There is nothing in the manual that says you have to upgrade everytime a new version comes out, in fact I myself am waiting until 7.1 is released because I just got 6.4 and I am very happy with it. You are right there isn't much more in 7.0 than there was in 6.4, so wait for 7.1 and the jump will be better. Else if you do buy every release of SuSE linux your cost will be more than the cost of NT is between releases and that seems a bit defeating in itself.
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