"Timothy R. Butler" wrote:
I certainly do understand that - but I still think due to brand recognition SuSE should be cheaper than RedHat. It also seems odd that another low-volume sales OS - BeOS - was written from scratch (AFAIK) by commercial developers and costs $10 less than an OS from a company that compiles and supports _other_people's_ software costs $60 - but perhaps I'm not seeing something others are. I guess I'll just have to live with it - I certainly won't quit buying SuSE over it. Not the best way to get new Linux users though - "hey, you wanna spend sixty bucks on some small OS, or would you rather spend twenty more on Windows ME?" ;-) This isn't Microsoft tactics, but it is Microsoft prices (especially RH, but not just RH anymore). -Tim
Hi Tim, I think comparing to BeOS is not the thing. Software, in generel is usually availeable in the following way: Doorbell rings, you open, nobody there. Oh wait, there is a box of CD's on the doormat for a visit. You invite it in show it yoour PC and as you finish you put it back and indeed the next day it is gone. The realy sensible user won't invite the box in, but I am sure if you realy whish a visit, a box of CD's would find it's way. As more installations of a product exist, as more it gets spread and if only by people forthing other people to upgrade to read the documents. As with BeOS now, it's wiser in the end selling a good product (maybe in a limited version) to many people that want to look and play with it than to a few that realy use it, since these are your multipliers. And 6 CD's with all these apps are quite more than a BeOS CD. Besides, I tried to recompile a lot of the SuSE delivered sources both on HPUX and IRIX. It's real fun. To be honest, in some way, I still think the distro is to cheap, considering all the work. And never forget those demo CD's, that come free. Indeed, I must order some for work and other friends... Juergen -- =========================================== __ _ Juergen Braukmann juergen.braukmann@gmx.de| -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb@db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu | /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ===========================================_\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- 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/faq