On Thursday 13 March 2003 8:54 am, Marshall Heartley wrote:
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 09:20, Anders Karlsson wrote:
You don't. And that is the point. The sources are all available online, just as before. SuSE just moves with the times. Most computers today that will install SuSE Professional 8.2 will be equipped with a DVD drive. It really is as simple as that.
Maybe so but what about those who want to use their existing machines and have no knowledge to install DVD drives? Yes there are people out there like that. I know that the sources are on the net. But by that logic, you might as well get the personal edition and download what you need off the site. I paid for the pro version to try and avoid doing just that. Because dialup is painfully slow.
I've been trying to avoid this thread, but can't resist anymore.... I Boldly Assert (tm) that the subset of users who want / need access to the sources has a large overlap with the subset of users who are able to install DVD drives on their systems. Computer newbies who can't figure out or choose not to figure out how to install a DVD drive are, IMHO, unlikely to have a desire to access the sources. And, as has been pointed out by many, the sources still *are* available, albeit on a different medium, and are available on-line. Now, can we please let this thread die as it should??? Thanks -Nick