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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.
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.
Do you work for free? I think not.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Biddell"
What they do do is that *in addition* to producing the excellent Professional and Personal Editions, the distro team produce an FTP Edition which contains the Professional Edition software minus the commercial software. This usually comes out shortly after the boxed copies are available for purchase, because it is (understandably) a slightly lower priority than the boxed editions.
You can install the FTP edition over FTP from ftp.suse.com or a mirror (please please please use a mirror)
Then WHY can they not make this "FTP" release available as an ISO image for downloading, and give carte blanche for people to distribute it ?
It would only be increasing their profile..
Jon
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