From: Hans Witvliet
On Thursday 06 October 2005 11:48 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:
On Thursday 06 October 2005 8:33 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
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Second, my frame of reference is SUSE Pro 9.3's package, which contained
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Now, comes SUSE Linux 10.0, ONLY OFFERED IN ONE PACKAGE. It contains;
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I found lot's of value in the 9.3 Pro package, I was pleased when I openned it.
I find no value in the 10.0 package, I need an admin manual a lot more than I need a start up manual (think about it, you only 'start up' once, you admin stuff all the time), and I appreciated the Media holder to protect the media I purchased. The sticker was a nice touch, kind of a thank you to the customer. They are all gone in 10.0, so why bother buying the box set in the first place? Might as well just download the ISO's....
Scott
<snip> ... Perhaps the SuSE product manager should let the customers decide a) for those not able or capable of burning, just sell a nice plastic box with just the DVD's (and stickers) for even less. b) or a deluxe box with all kind of architectures (386, 64, ppc, Sparc, HP-PA, ... and all books (there could/should be more) nicely printed out and longer official support for much much more money. Hans I concur. But there is one more consideration. Having a nicely bound administrator's manual is excellent advertising. I teach at a U where MS XP Pro is orthodoxy. Yet colleagues often borrowed my SuSE manual and ended up ordering it for themselves. The little startup manual sent with 10.0 doesn't suffice. [In many little ways, Novell continues its reputation at being inept at marketing (try using its web pages if you don't have the precise name of what you seek).] jim bennett