Novell & Open Source

[Bradley Dorner]

If it is for a business then I would look at NLD,
Novell Linux Desktop. It is based on suse and is
structured for businesses. It also costs less. Take a
look at their web site, it has cost evaluations and
other information that bosses seem to like. 

Brad
--- Eric Jensen <eric at emstraffic.com> wrote:

> 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. 
> >
> >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:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Eric Jensen wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Suse Pro is $90, what is so great about it?
> >>>
> >>>Eric
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>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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