Michael Hasenstein wrote:

J Sherman & M Kerns wrote:

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I can tell you that the ONLY reason I purchase a distribution (contribute to your income) is that by doing that I can get a "set" of software that meets certain published specifications and has been assembled/tested to work together. If you change the specifications behind my back, as it were, I don't feel that I have been given a fair chance to make my choice-i.e., I feel cheated. I would definitely have waited for the later release had I known it would exist, but the way you're doing this there's no way to know what you get when you pay your money and that's not a very inviting situation. That is the whole logic behind numbered releases-what part of that don't you understand?

_I_ have nothing to do with any SuSE-releases!!!! (and another !!!!)!!!. I only expressed my very own thoughts about this. I shouldn't post to this list at all - several people don't seem to like that I express _my opinion_, and I will rather shut up than changing myself and becoming a poilitician. I post with @suse.de merely for convenience - using dejanews for an anonymous posting is awkward (and just changing the from address is not enough - the Organization:-header will still be the same, inserted by the local newsserver).

If it's your own opinion you shouldn't post it under a @suse.de email address but a private email address i.e. a providers email address. I'm working for a company. They would NEVER allow me to give my opinion about subjects that involve the company i work for under my works email address.

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I also want to get my money every month, or else, and somebody's gotta pay. It doesn't seem as though you care a whole lot what happens to MY pay! I will very definitely think twice before buying SuSE again.

I'll definitely thing twice if I should ever post anything again, because the danger that someone gets annoyed seems to be too great. I'm not as good as Lenz in politics - especially since I like getting involved in and talking about controversial topics.

PS: I don't see how this relates to your pay.

PS2: All I did was trying to talk about it to understand people's positions. Seems to have been a terrible mistake.

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