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On 15 Oct 2001, Timothy R.Butler wrote:
This has been raised before, but I would love to see exactly how many people would be interested in such as service.
The concept: SuSE could offer priority access to a super fast FTP server for customers interested in getting the ISO's for a nominal cost. ISO's offer many advantages, not the least of which being you could get them probably no less than 3 weeks before a boxed set.
IMO, it's a great idea. I don't see many distros doing this, however. Any generic reasons why?
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... -- noodlez: Karol Pietrzak PGP KeyID: 0x3A1446A0