One thing I strongly believe in is buying the SuSE Distribution on each release. Sure, I can boot into DOS and make an FTP connection, download enough to get me started, and install the entire OS over the net. I always buy the distribution when it comes out. I figure it's the least I can do to for these folks who put so much into creating it. So, I encourage anyone who uses SuSE to by the distribution every time it is released. Steve
Quoting Steven T. Hatton on Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:38:19AM -0500:
One thing I strongly believe in is buying the SuSE Distribution on each release. Sure, I can boot into DOS and make an FTP connection, download enough to get me started, and install the entire OS over the net. I always buy the distribution when it comes out. I figure it's the least I can do to for these folks who put so much into creating it. So, I encourage anyone who uses SuSE to by the distribution every time it is released.
Steve
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I think buying the Professional Version is a great way to show support for SuSE overall. I definitely understand the feelings about what is going on. Not long ago the company I work for went through a similar time. I won't bore everyone with the name; but it is a Linux company in the bay area :) Not the folks with redhats though... So anyways, buy the distribution. Its worth every penny and then some. I have to say that I have traveled around a bit using Linux and I still use a variety of them. I have used SuSE since about 5.0 and enjoyed it then. I have always appreciated the participation of the SuSE folks on the list. The distribution has always seemed so well put together and thought out. I have always come away with a distinct appreciation of the effort and technical approach of SuSE Linux. Thanks for everything SuSE! -- Michael Perry mperry@tsoft.com ------------------
Hear! Hear! On Thursday 08 February 2001 00:38, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
One thing I strongly believe in is buying the SuSE Distribution on each release. Sure, I can boot into DOS and make an FTP connection, download enough to get me started, and install the entire OS over the net. I always buy the distribution when it comes out. I figure it's the least I can do to for these folks who put so much into creating it. So, I encourage anyone who uses SuSE to by the distribution every time it is released.
Steve
-- "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of people that these liberties are a gift of God? Thomas Jefferson - 1781
Seems to me that we _shouldn't_ do that. SuSE should realize it must release quality non-buggy products. They must realize they should contribute key components back in GPL form, and not use some oddball non-open source license. They should realize that product mostly consisting of other people's code shouldn't cost the same as the so-called "Evil Empire's expensive operating system." They should realize cutting out talented employees that helped _us_ on this list is worse than cutting the tech support that we really don't need anyway... SuSE is becoming arrogant, IMO. We shouldn't support arrogance. -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ==============
-----Original Message----- From: Steven T. Hatton [mailto:hattons@bellatlantic.net] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 12:38 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Buy the distribution each release!
One thing I strongly believe in is buying the SuSE Distribution on each release. Sure, I can boot into DOS and make an FTP connection, download enough to get me started, and install the entire OS over the net. I always buy the distribution when it comes out. I figure it's the least I can do to for these folks who put so much into creating it. So, I encourage anyone who uses SuSE to by the distribution every time it is released.
Steve
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Tim, Lastnight I installed Mandrake 7.2 on my home box. It was very full of eye candy and cute little Windowish config tools..but when I went in and got under the hood. It's no where near SuSE 7.1. I may have been really pissed off lastnight..rightly so...but I will continue to run SuSE Linux because it's the f**king best. I learned that lastnight. I also made the decision to stay on the list from home. I may not have the access to SuSE's internal dev lists that I have for the last 10 months..but who cares. 7.1 is a damn fine distribution and let me tell ya it's work more then what you would pay for W2K (I am not starting a win vs. linux debate)..just talking about cost and value. I am truely impressed on a geek level with this thing and if I hadn't burned a copy at work. I would buy it as I have from 5.1 --> 6.4 ..and I will buy 7.2 because I have a lot of friends in Germany who do this and do a good job. I know a lot of these people love Linux..SuSE Linux and I will help my friends feed their families if I can. It's changing world..5 years ago..$24 for for an infomagic set of CD's was what Linux was worth. It's grown up and so has the cost of producing a product that just doesn't go on a spare partition..but can be used as the only product on the machine. Everyone asked what they can do for me...let me get my shit together. I will stick around..and everybody just sit back and calm down on the price war issue. Thanks. * Timothy R. Butler (tbutler@uninetsolutions.com) [010208 18:17]: => SuSE is becoming arrogant, IMO. We shouldn't support arrogance. = Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org...cause brosenb is going to die the death it deserves..I hated that username *laugh*.
My son bought a Mandrake 7.0 distro at the b&n last fall and I helped him install it. Your right about the eye candy, but their install program wasn't as good as YaST, and under the hood it was just a sightly cleaned up RH 6.0. He bought SuSE 6.4 and clean installed it. JLK On Thursday 08 February 2001 22:56, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Tim,
Lastnight I installed Mandrake 7.2 on my home box. It was very full of eye candy and cute little Windowish config tools..but when I went in and got under the hood. It's no where near SuSE 7.1.
-- "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of people that these liberties are a gift of God? Thomas Jefferson - 1781
I could not get past the eye candy either..... Everytime I see pictures of there Penguin it looks totally stoned to me. Or drunk, or in some sort of shock therapy....Sorry, could not even install it to take a closer look. Matt On Thursday 08 February 2001 10:23 pm, Jerry Kreps wrote:
My son bought a Mandrake 7.0 distro at the b&n last fall and I helped him install it. Your right about the eye candy, but their install program wasn't as good as YaST, and under the hood it was just a sightly cleaned up RH 6.0. He bought SuSE 6.4 and clean installed it. JLK
On Thursday 08 February 2001 22:56, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Tim,
Lastnight I installed Mandrake 7.2 on my home box. It was very full of eye candy and cute little Windowish config tools..but when I went in and got under the hood. It's no where near SuSE 7.1.
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 20:56:01 -0800, Ben Rosenberg said: | ...but I will continue | to run SuSE Linux because it's the f**king best. I learned that | lastnight. I also made the decision to stay on the list from home. I | may not have the access to SuSE's internal dev lists that I have for | the last 10 months..but who cares. 7.1 is a damn fine distribution Pride is one fine goal. Taking pride in something is something to cherish. In the things you have achieved, in the goals you have reached, in personal development. You will do ok outside the SuSE company ;-) -- ---------------------------------------------------- Koos Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol@nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available
Hi Ben,
Lastnight I installed Mandrake 7.2 on my home box. It was very full of eye candy and cute little Windowish config tools..but when I went in and got under the hood. It's no where near SuSE 7.1. I may have
Yeah, I had a feeling. I tried it also recently (downloaded an ISO), and it refused to install LILO, but continued on without a warning message that explicitly told you the it had trouble installing LILO. Thus I went on my merry way only to find the LM system wouldn't boot. :-( Still, while Linux-Mandrake isn't as good as SuSE, Mandrake does seem to be working hard, and with a package similar to SuSE Pro out now, they may provide competition in the future.
lastnight. I also made the decision to stay on the list from home. I
Glad to hear it!
and let me tell ya it's work more then what you would pay for W2K (I am not starting a win vs. linux debate)..just talking about cost and value. I am truely impressed on a geek level with this thing and if I hadn't burned a copy at work. I would buy it as I have from 5.1 --> 6.4 ..and I will buy 7.2 because I have a lot of friends in Germany who do this and do a good job. I know a lot of these people
Can't wait.
love Linux..SuSE Linux and I will help my friends feed their families if I can. It's changing world..5 years ago..$24 for for an infomagic set of CD's was what Linux was worth. It's grown up and so has the cost of producing a product that just doesn't go on a spare partition..but can be used as the only product on the machine.
True. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm Christian Web Services Since 1996 tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ============== "If the atheists are right, I'll never know, but if I'm right, they will definitely know!"
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