[ale] SUSE 9.2 Pro free from Novell

[James Sumners]

With 9.1 (I think) SuSE decided to release the install CDs after they have been
available for sale for a while. Basically, they cater to their paying customers
first and then let everyone else in. It is the same thing that the Linspire and
Xandros(?) people do. You don't get any real support but you do get to use the
system that comes in the box on the shelf.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 22:17:53 -0500
Parker McGee <pmazer at gmail.com> wrote:

> My first reaction to this is, why would they do it?  Was 9.2 Pro such
> a flop, or are they relying on people wanting to buy the box for the
> manual and disk?  I just don't understand the motivation.

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