On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:44:43PM -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Normally I would not copy an entire message, but I do this time. I'm not sure how "browser wars" became a venue for criticizing Suse for YAST, but I must say that having a protocol that brings in money is an eminently logical step for a Linux distributor. If everybody could copy the CD's and sell them for $1.99, why would anyone buy the distro from Suse? If we would like to see Suse stay in business for a while, I'm all in favor of paying the $39.95, or whatever. I could always stay with an earlier version, if I were unwilling to pay my dues, or I could always download Debian, or FreeBSD. No, my friends, I will be happy to pay for the upgrade. All you cheapskates out there are likely to put Linux in the garbage can. I think it's worth more than $1.99. --doug, wa2say
Hey guys, then what linuxcentral.com is selling for $1.99? My first SuSE disks (5.3 and 6.0) were from linuxcentral.com for $1.99. And they DID contain YaST. We're definitely misunderstand something. -Kastus