On 10/07/2005 11:41 AM, Carl Hartung wrote:
Hi Darryl,
Maybe an 'a la carte' sales menu covering the entire spectrum of possibilities, priced accordingly, would be a good solution? The nice part This would be perfect. Everyone could get exactly what he felt he needed, and no one would have to take what he didn't want.
A reasonably priced hard copy Administrator's manual is a rational expectation... if it is well written to withstand becoming obsolete too quickly.<snip> you retain the option to print it yourself if you don't like the OEM price.
Emphasis on reasonably priced, though.. in this neck of western Canada, a decent administrator's manual is around CA$75 to 85. I don't know where that price comes from, but it is outrageous. Novell could probably do much better for around US$20, which for me would be less than 30 bucks. Print it myself? I dunno, I have an ancient Brother that uses HP-LJII toner cartridges, and those are 100 bucks here. Even the generic ones are expensive, when you can find them. I could get a new printer for that much, if I had that much to spare :) Now you see why I want Novell/SuSE to print the manual for me? :)
If you have an ongoing need for them, by all means -- otherwise, your sarcasm is unbecoming.
Sorry... this comment wasn't directed towards you, Darryl, and I didn't mean to convey sarcasm, either. It was more a general expression of frustration over how far we've come vs. how far we have yet to go.
OK, apologies. This thread has brought out a lot of hot tempers, and I'm a little testy today :)