SuSE's subscription price of $34.95US is exactly the same as the retail price for the complete distribution offered by CheapBytes. To my mind the subscription price = street price = full retail price. I fail to see any benefit to subscribing other than I receive the upgrades (and invoice) automatically. I still maintain that SuSE should have a more attractive upgrade (or subscription) price for it's users. Gerry On 18-Jul-98 Michael Lankton wrote:
1. SuSE releases approx. 3 dists a year 2. SuSE does have a discount program, it's called subscribing. SuSE subscribers pay $35us instead of $50us. 3. SuSE is a German company, hence the the international version of SuSE usually trails the native language version by about 3-4 weeks.
Gerry Doris wrote:
I wasn't exactly in a panic :)
However, I see no reason to order now for a maybe delivery in
don't understand is why SuSE announces an upgrade 4 months before
intend to deliver but haven't put any kind of discount program in
Sept. What I they place.
There must be other people like me who would buy now (always a
but find out there will be an upgrade shortly (sounds like a good
but are told there won't be any discount program (a very bad
good thing!) thing!) thing!!!).
The obvious result is that I don't want to buy two packages in a
row at full
price and will a) buy someone else's package who has a better marketing program, b) wait and perhaps change my mind, or c) spend the $$$ on something else altogether.
Afterall, if they let me buy 5.2 now and offered a reasonable upgrade price they would have my $$$ in their pocket now and me on the hook for Sept!!!
Gerry
5.3 on the English pages.
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