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Hi Karol,
IMO, it's a great idea. I don't see many distros doing this, however. Any generic reasons why?
Probably the biggest reason would be most people don't have broadband... but I can't see any harm in offering it. It would be interesting to see if someone knows any other reason(s).
Other points: To encourage buying the boxed set, customers who bought the boxed set via SuSE's site would be granted free access to the priority FTP server. Thus allowing customers to buy the box, without waiting for the box.
This would be really nice, especially because I have a boxed set. :) ftp.suse.com is slow most of the time, even with my 56K modem. I believe RedHat does this...
Yeah, that would be great for updates... What I mainly meant is putting ISO's on it, so that I could install 7.3 immediately after purchasing it, rather than waiting for my boxed set to arrive. However, SuSE would make a great value-add if they offered a "SuSE Network" service. Say, a good idea might be to offer such a service for something like $10-$12 a month (two or three months free with Boxed set purchase), and for that cost you could download the ISO's for the current release for as long as you subscribed (no support though). It wouldn't earn SuSE as much as a boxed set at every release, but it would probably come close to the same, would allow you to get it faster, and would guarantee SuSE monthly revenue from subscribers. -Tim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks tbutler@uninetsolutions.com ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm Free/Open Source Web Tools: http://www.uninetsolutions.com Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com ============== "Christian Web Services Since 1996" ==============