Ahh, I see, you mean 7 jewel cases, or perhas 3 double sided jewel cases and one single ... AND keep that corraled in ? what ?? , to ship,
No, I mean one big jewelcase (like the one in SuSE 6.1). And I'm thinking they would be just shrinkwrapped with nothing else (just like all of the bargin software at the store).
wrapping them in plain brown Butcher paper isn't going to protect them , at least not thru US mail, never mindcoming from outside (other mail systems) This is NOT going to be a tidy bundle and I cane see the jewel cases getting smashed what w/ all the stamping and whatnot that goes on. I have imported numersous items in the past, most from reputable dealers, and you would not believe what happens to a solidly packed reinforced BOX , let alone stuff in flimsey wrappings.
Well, when shipped it would still be in a sturdy corragated box. Think about it: right now, if you buy SuSE Linux by mail, I'm pretty sure they will send you a SuSE box inside a corragated shipping box. Using my idea, the only box would be the corragated shipping box.
It would be nice if every shipment of any product could be "custom tailered" but that requires more people and that means payroll, and that means , very often, your lifeline Line of credit at teh bank can be sqeezed , if not cut off entirely if the bank thinks you aren't responsibley spending their money. Now, If suse were the size of IBM, even in it's much reduced straits (joke) They could tailer a package for hobbyists, adn for the guys who cant/dont read, and probably one for your mum and little sis as well, small companies simply can't until they
I just mean, there are lots of Linux users who "grow out of" needing official channel tech support and manuals. Yet, there are no distributions (that I know of) that offer a package that caters to this group. The price of such a package would be dramatically cheaper (due to the fact that it doesn't cost as much to produce), and yet I think it would have a higher profit margin.
have a bottom line that can support such things tehy must figure some sort of middle of the road set of price points and stick w/ it. NOW, if the price went UP every time ther was a release , w/ no value added , then maybe you have a point. However, I think one major release a year
7.0 comes to mind for little added value, but I get your point... I just couldn't resist adding that.
isn't asking too much, and I dont remember seeing anyone say you HAD to buy the thing, not even to get whatever updates you thought were worthy. Can't you get them on download? Has anyone made your devices stop
Yes I can download 'em. But then I don't help SuSE keep it's lights on. However, I think the CD-only pack would give SuSE a profit, without me spending money on stuff I don't need.
is going to make or break their nut on what we do here. After all there were 100s of thousands of Warp4 users , who signed petitions and promises of purchase if IBM would just give us WArp5, and you know what they thought of it .... IF you want ot move even a little company you have to give tehm support. Half million dollars to IBM was nothing, to
True... but as you said SuSE isn't IBM. 100s of thousands is probably more than every single product SuSE sells combined for a year or more... (not sure of that - just a guess).
a business work isn't just the users , it's a who lot of stuff , and you and the others just aren't interested in supporting SuSE , so they have to make money elsewhere.
Read above. I'm interested in supporting SuSE to a limit. If they offer me a way to support them a bit, I'll pay it, even though all I need is what's on the ISO's I can download. However, it needs to be less than $70, and no I am not going to buy the personal edition - I like all that software. It just seems to me, without support and manuals, SuSE could offer a mail-order only version that would satisify this need.
I am now going to retire from this topic as it has seemed to get more and more circular. And I do have work to do that isn't quite so horribley pear shaped . gotta earn my purchase after all <G>
I see you have a good sense of humor about all of this. ;-) I can get away without the earning the purchase part - my Linux installation is messed up, and now that 7.1 is on the way, I have an excuse to take it easy for a few days. -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm Christian Web Services Since 1996 tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ============== "If the atheists are right, I'll never know, but if I'm right, they will definitely know!"