I can see just about everyones point on this thread: The price is too high, SuSE needs our money to continue, etc. . . I really want to upgrade to 7.3 and support SuSE, but at $50 for the upgrade it's more than I paid for 7.2 Pro. I really wouldn't mind if it were a REAL upgrade, but unless I'm missing something there are little improvements in SuSE 7.3. So you get KDE 2.2.1 (which I have installed anyway), kerenel 2.4.10 (which I have), and the ability to use yast2 for LVM configuration, which works after the YOU update . . . I know there is more, but that is what jumped out at me as *cool* upgrades (cool games too, but you can download them all . . . ). I would really like to see things like these, and would pay highly for them: Yast2 online update (YOU) works like apt-get (Debian), ie you can upgrade all your packages, not just the bugfixes SuSE puts up. You would be able to upgrade your kernel or get the new version of KDE install direct from SuSE's site (or mirrors). I love apt-get (and most of the people who have used it do too), but I made the move to SuSE since Debian is too out of date for me (last release over a year ago?) . . . Yast2 written in something other than Java. I've written graphical programs in Java, and I know it's easier, but I never tried to sell them. It's pretty sad when yast2 runs slow on my PIII-850MHz machine with 1GB of ram . . . . . . It would also be really nice also if there was a subscription service, ie pay $100 a year or so and get every SuSE release. That way I get every release without sticker shock, and SuSE gets continued support. If the option was available I would sign up for at least a year, probably more. Cdrom.com used to do this with Slackware a while back, anyone heard of such a service for SuSE from a third party? Well, that's my rant. _Nick Timothy R.Butler wrote:
Okay I'll admit it, I'm excited about SuSE 7.3. I'm running SuSE 7.1, and I can't wait to get my shiny new copy. BUT, SuSE is really getting crazy this time around.
I noticed that the upgrade version of 7.3 is still $49.95, but the description says "SuSE Linux 7.3 Update Edition, is a full version of 7.3 Professional Edition, but without the manuals." Am I reading this right? No manuals. Okay, I thought that the Update Edition came with some manuals, and I still thought it was expensive. Now lets do the math: Ten cents per CD times 7 cds equals seventy cents. Lets say the DVD costs a whopping five dollars. Okay. Now we have $5.70. Hmm... Okay, lets say the box costs another $5. That's $10.70. Now, that means in an upgrade version material costs likely add up to less than 1/4 of the price (only about a 1/5 actually!). What exactly is SuSE doing with the other $40?
SuSE is charging too much for 7.3 Upgrade!!!!
<ahhhhh> I feel better now, I'm good for at least a few months...
-Tim