On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 01:35:32PM +0800, Carley, Jason (Hong Kong) wrote:
Unfortunately, companies need to pay for more than just the physical cost of their products. R&D, salaries, as well as a profit margin for retailers all contribute to the cost base. Also, they have to make a profit to keep the shareholders happy.
Mmm. Suse does not have any shareholders, it is a private company.
Based on what I have seen of the package with 7.2, the full version seems like pretty good value. To get an upgrade without the documentation at a slightly lower cost also seems fine. You don't have to buy it right?
I have lots of whinges about Suse, but the price is not really one of them...the splitting of the deal into Personal/Professional is what really sucks. Fortunately that only seems to be for the English and German versions. In Holland they sell the equivalent of the Professional version alone, and is identical to the English version except the installation manual and the blurb on the box is in Dutch. It is curious to see in the shop where I buy the distro that they have the Dutch version *and* the English Professional version at a much higher price. And yet for all practical purposes they are identical... So it goes. -- Regards Cliff