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On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:11, Brevsville wrote:
Hmm ... Jon .... simple..
SuSE is a company. Companies need money to survive. If SuSE makes it too easy for people not to pay money. They go bust. Goodbye SuSe distro.
Yes, this is understood - I will certainly buy every second release, dependant of course on features, but to raise the product's profile a 1 or 2 CD iso or freebie (with no proprietary software and no installatiuon support) could whet people's appetite. I know that's how I got started, and I've probably paid close to $1000 so far for software, books, etc. that I would not have otherwise spent, much of it going to SuSE.
Frankly I am so seriously sick of folks wanting everything for free. If you like it so much just pay for it. If you can't pay for it, then use something else. People have to get paid for the work they do or else they just won't do it any more.
I totally agree, and I wasn't trying to say anything different...
Do you work for free? I think not.
No, sometimes it just feels like it...:-)