Just bought 8.1 about 3 weeks ago. Does anyone know if SuSE protects users in this situation? Jerry
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 18 March 2003 4:39 pm, netzener@netscape.net wrote:
Just bought 8.1 about 3 weeks ago. Does anyone know if SuSE protects users in this situation?
For a definative answer, I would suggest emailing their sales department -- they should get back to you in a day. My personal guess, however, is probably not -- it isn't due for release for another month yet, and per an e-mail from their sales department they figure on another 3-4 weeks for release in America [the stated April 14/15th date is for release in Europe] "three weeks ago" NOW will translate into 2-1/2 months by the time you can actually get your hands on it, and with an aggressive 6-months-per-release schedule, that is practically half the time since 8.1 was released - -- Yet another Blog: http://osnut.homelinux.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://osnut.homelinux.net/TomEmerson.asc iD8DBQE+d6pzV/YHUqq2SwsRArYsAJ4lbN3/UGaQS34MfADQntPUHnTBYwCgwPbQ kY1nXwZ9RaEA7Gcl3ZNHp38= =OvKX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
netzener@netscape.net wrote:
Just bought 8.1 about 3 weeks ago. Does anyone know if SuSE protects users in this situation?
It isn't like somebody gave you a lemon. 8.1 is a good release, you can use it just fine, or buy the upgrade to 8.2, if you want to have latest and greatest (which would be very nice :-) ). Is everything you have at home (TV, computer, fridge, whatever) the newest model there is? -- Linux/Unix Systems Engineer http://www.genesys.ro Phone +40723-267961
Nah. No Lemons Here. It was more a theoretical question than a world shattering disappointment for me. Some commercial software authors protect customers that purchase software within X months of a new release. This keeps customers happy and smooths revenue toward the end of the release schedule. However, Tom Emerson pointed out that SuSE is on an aggressive 6 month release cycle and that makes the kind of thing I was asking for a bit difficult. After perusing the list archives a bit closer, I find that many SuSE customers wait a release or two before buying, or download the "free" version between purchases. Makes sense to me. Jerry Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
netzener@netscape.net wrote:
Just bought 8.1 about 3 weeks ago. Does anyone know if SuSE protects users in this situation?
It isn't like somebody gave you a lemon. 8.1 is a good release, you can use it just fine, or buy the upgrade to 8.2, if you want to have latest and greatest (which would be very nice :-) ).
Is everything you have at home (TV, computer, fridge, whatever) the newest model there is?
The 03.03.19 at 15:40, netzener@netscape.net wrote:
After perusing the list archives a bit closer, I find that many SuSE customers wait a release or two before buying, or download the "free" version between purchases.
Frankly, it takes a long time (even months) to iron out most of the issues after installing a new suse version. I don't like to go through that unless really needed, I have more things to do than adjusting the system. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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