[ale] SuSE 9.1 pricey?

[Geoffrey]

I was really kinda hesitant about the idea of a 'community' purchase of 
SuSE, the fact that I've purchased SuSE personally since 7.4 and felt 
that there might be licensing issues.  I've checked out their website 
regarding this issue and don't seem to find anything that would indicate 
that we couldn't/shouldn't take this approach.  Then again, I do believe 
it makes sense to support the various Linux vendors.

As for the price, it's pricey for SuSE Linux, but in comparison to what 
you get, for what you pay for, it's a deal.  Compare the list of goodies 
here:

http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/prof/index.html

To what you get from M$ or even other Linux vendors, it's quite the deal.

So, I guess I'm torn on this issue, but I'll say this, don't go running 
out to do a 'community' purchase just yet.  I don't believe they are 
evening shipping quite yet. I'll be getting the upgrade regardless, 
because I feel I need to support the Linux community, and I can afford 
to do so.  I'll research the licensing issues a bit more and if I don't 
see any problems with making the copies, I'll provide the source disks.

I would suggest that those of you who have the funds to purchase a boxed 
version of linux, regardless of the distro, please do so.  We need to 
support those vendors who are building these newbie friendly versions.

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft