What exactly is SuSE doing with the other $40?
Trying to pay the rent, feed their kids, etc? No disrespect to Tim (valued contributor and all round good egg) here, but each time a new version is about to appear, there seems to be a sudden descent of blindness over the amount of added value SuSE has put on to downloadable Linux. What we should be surprised about is how they can possibly do all this for the money they're charging. Anyone in a hard currency country who can afford a computer can afford it. It might be nice if a way was found to supply the product to disadvantaged countries more cheaply, but the same can be said for most products. And if no-one has noticed, things are hard in the software industry. It's not just SuSE who have felt the pinch. These guys need money to live and do what they do the same as anyone else. Let those who can afford it keep supporting them. And can we make this the last complaint about the price, or, like the OT material moved out to the 'chatty' list, perhaps found a 'suse-linux-bitch-about-the-price' list for those who like to keep reading about how ripped off they are getting for their 7 CDs worth of leading edge software to put on as many machines as they like for the price of a night out. If you really can't afford it, skip a version or two - I still have 6.3 machines running doing absolutely everything I want of them. No one is pressurising anyone to buy. Best to all Fergus Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Manchester M3 1SB UK Tel: +44 161 834 7961 Fax: +44 161 839 5797