Well sometimes getting the more expensive one sometimes makes sense, especially if it has all the features you need. I had to get a more expensive card for my server as I was burning through cheaper NIC's like nobodies business. Ok, workstations have cheap NICs, as does the server with the card that faces the Internet (figured that the one facing the 'net will not be psuhed as hard as the internal facing one...The internal NIC is the Intel Pro100+). I replaced $40 dollars worth of NICs, so figured I'd better get an industrial strength one :-). Then the story about getting burned by the AMD K62's weak FPU..... Actually got the Tekram DC315U (I like this card, perfect for my own needs) , guess what? The module is being put together by a SuSE employee! They are all over the place :-). Glad you bought this up, got the newest sources of xsane and both sane's installed, but it will not see the scanner. The module is loaded, but xsane will not see the scanner... Matt On Thursday 08 February 2001 09:08 pm, Jerry Kreps wrote:
THere is also that interesting attitude about "Cheap" getting no respect and if something is expensive it must be good. Go figure. JLK
On Thursday 08 February 2001 15:59, Gary wrote:
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 03:25:40PM -0600 or thereabouts, Jerry Kreps wrote:
Have to agree with you, Gary. SuSE's new pricing structure is sound. Three levels: $30 $49 (upgrade) $79 Pro. Those 6 CDs are stuffed to the brime. A collection of M$ software that would do the same would around $10,000, if not more.... JLK
Hi Jerry, Thanks, it really makes sense, as this is the way other distros have gone, but many take for granted, perhaps, the value of the distro, as what it is totally capable of, as well as the superb manuals that others do not have in their distros. I think to a large degree, price points are also dictated by market acceptance, and what competition is doing, except for RH of course, they are so far out of it... one of the problems when having to report to shareholders...<g> Did you know that RH certification costs about $2500? $1900 for the 4 days prior to the test, in class, and then the rest for the test itself... What a rip.