----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Alderson Sent: 11/4/2003 4:01:50 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] novell

Now that this has happened to SuSE, I think it will soon disappear from the store shelves also. In my area, there are two things left; FreeBSD and Microsoft. Looks like it's time to get back to learning FreeBSD.

Totally. I cut my teeth on Red Hat. The reason? Because I could buy books packaged with it. I could walk into Borders or CompUSA or.... and buy the latest. And when I got sick of waiting for Red Hat updates I tried Mandrake. Why? Because it was sitting on the shelf. When I got sick of Mandrake not working right I tried SuSE. Why? Because it was sitting on the shelf. I bought it. I loved it and I've bought it ever since. It was sitting on the shelf. If there comes a day when the only things on the shelf are Windows, Lindows, Lycoris, Slackware and FreeBSD, I too may brush up on my FreeBSD. That's my biggest worry. Will I be able to buy a good quality Unix-like OS as an average consumer. If no one will sell me one, I'm familiar with FreeBSD. And it's rock solid if not a little bare bones. I hope it doesn't come to that, but that's just life. I'm not an enterprise customer. I'm a consumer who likes Unix-like OSes. Preston