Novell & Open Source

[Eric Jensen]

I already downloaded the standard Suse along with many other distros so 
I could try them out.  Nobody is really shocked or appauled that Suse or 
any other distro costs money, we pay for RedHat Enterprise for all of 
our servers right now.  I commented on the price because I was wanting 
to try Suse and wanted to hear about the features that would make that 
$90 worth while for me.  Especially if Suse will be the distro for all 
of our workstations.  I would have to turn around and list the same 
reasons to my boss if I were to try and convince him of the purchace as 
well.  Always have to justify the cost.

Eric

Bradley Dorner wrote:

>Why are people talking about $90 for Suse. There are
>other distros that also cost, in some cases more then
>that. I have heard a lot about how much it costs or
>licensing requires you to buy at some point. 
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>I downloaded the iso's, no license agreement found
>there and no cost other then my internet connection
>fee. I also downloaded the cd boot image so that I
>could install via ftp. I have seen no license
>agreement there and no cost either.
>
>If you want linux for free, including suse, download
>it. If you want the support, then buy it. Buying a
>distro also helps to support that distro.
>
>At some point we all should support our favorites
>distro either by buying one or donating to it. No one
>will work for long for free, it is too hard to put
>food on the table that way.
>
>Brad
>--- Kenneth Burgener <kenneth at uvlug.org> wrote:
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>>Eric Jensen wrote:
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>>>Suse Pro is $90, what is so great about it?
>>>
>>>Eric
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>>Well there are a few differences that I have
>>noticed:
>>
>>1. Only the Pro version gives you a "minimal"
>>install option.  This does 
>>not install XServer, KDE, etc.  This is a good
>>option for a server.
>>
>>2. Several packages are only included with the Pro
>>DVD version, such as 
>>courier-imap, etc.
>>
>>Kenneth
>>kenneth at uvlug.org
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