On Thursday 06 October 2005 11:48 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:
On Thursday 06 October 2005 8:33 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 04:52:47PM -0700, Scott Leighton took 26 lines to
write:
Well, 10.0 just arrived at my house, and I am disappointed right off the bat by the packaging.
Unlike 9.3, which had a very nice plastic holder for all the CDs and DVDs, 10.0 has a cheap cardboard box with the 5 CDs and 1 DVD contained within with paper wrappers.
The graphics are nice, but the overall box package is a major step backwards from where it was with SUSE Pro 9.3.
Eh, you're paying $30-$40 US less, and you're griping about the box?
First, price isn't the issue.
Second, my frame of reference is SUSE Pro 9.3's package, which contained
1) Admin Manual and User Manual 2) SuSE sticker 3) 2 DVDs, 5 CD's in a nice case
I paid ~ $90 for that product. I would happily pay the same for 10.0
Now, comes SUSE Linux 10.0, ONLY OFFERED IN ONE PACKAGE. It contains;
1) Startup manual 2) 1 DVD, 5 CDs in a cheap cardboard box
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
Sounds like if they are trying to get folks to stop buying the box, they are certainly doing all the right things. Maybe they didn't cut out the retail version like Red Hat did, but they certainly make you wonder why you bothered purchasing it, don't they? Wonder what they will want to charge you for the source DVD. You would think they would offer the Admin manual as a separate purchase too. I'm kinda feeling that Novell/SuSE dropped the ball on the retail package this time. Hope it's not a trend for them. Lee