[Michael Bartosh <bartosh@ocean.tamu.edu>]
I /PAID/ for suse, both 6.4 and 6.3; therefor I WANT things to be easier. If I wanted to do everything myself I would have done an ftp install and saved $70.
That mostly depends on how you value your own time, the urge of your needs, and how rich you are :-). If I consider the 3000 packages in a SuSE distribution, both in themselves and in the fact a team nicely packaged them together, I would not have enough of an hundred lives to repay what I get within that little box. Some rare jewels also have a price which is just not affordable to me, and so, I do not own them, whatever worth they may be. There are also many cheaper goods I do not even have, my capacity to buy being much limited. So, that $70 may be within or outside the means of someone, I would easily understand that. You know, SuSE could be much more lazily packaged, that it would still be overwhelmingly worth its price. Given the quality I observe, I think it is a wonderful opportunity for those you can afford it. For the rest, about improvements, easiness of installation, bug reports and everything, I see it as an exchange between good willed people, infinitely more than consequent duties coming out of the expenditure of a mere $70. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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