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This should be of interest to SuSE users


The upgrade will be available around the 3rd week of Sept. If you would
like you can preorder it now by calling our office.


Thank you for your inquiry into SuSE Linux!

The SuSE Info Team

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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Daniel Feiglin wrote:

> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:42:11 -0300
> From: Daniel Feiglin <dannyf@celltick.com>
> To: SuSE Info <info@suse.com>
> Subject: Re: SuSE Upgrade Package
> 
> Great!
> 
> Now, where/how do you order it? (I don't see any reference to it on your
> site, or anywhere else.)
> 
> 
> SuSE Info wrote:
> > 
> > In your case , we do have an upgrade for $49.95 which is the same cost as
> > 6.4. It is also the same in terms of the number of programs as the
> > full non-upgrade version, except that is comes with only two manuals
> > instead of four. I am sorry for any inconvenience but we did have the
> > experienced suse user in mind when we decided to come out with an upgrade
> > version. You have no need for the full non-upgrade version if you are
> > currently running 6.4. Thanks for your feedback and you can always give
> > more feedback at feedback@suse.de.
> > 
> > Have a lot of fun.
> > 
> > Thank you for your inquiry into SuSE Linux!
> > 
> > The SuSE Info Team
> > 
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> > SuSE Inc.,                 Tel:   +1-510-628-3380
> > 580 Second St., Suite 210  Fax:   +1-510-628-3381
> > Oakland CA 94607           Email: info@suse.com
> > USA                        WWW:   http://www.suse.com
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> > 
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Daniel Feiglin wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 20:51:38 +0300
> > > From: Daniel Feiglin <dilogsys@inter.net.il>
> > > To: sales@suse.com, Daniel Feiglin <dannyf@celltick.com>
> > > Subject: SuSE Upgrade Package
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have been an SuSE user since 6.1 (now on 6.4, 3 installations). I use Linux for development (C/C++/Java).
> > >
> > > I found the 7.0 release announcement extremely annoying, in that it included a price hike form about $39 to $69 for
> > > essentially the same material as in 6.4, updated. (Each of the SuSE release since 6.1 have used about 6 CD's). As an
> > > experienced professional user, the 90 days support is virtually meaningless and the "personal" cheaper release useless.
> > >
> > > I was pleasantly surprised to see on the German site an upgrade/subscription offer, which on the face of it, looked very
> > > attractive. However, upon reading the fine print, I found that it was restricted to the EU and a few other non-member
> > > European countries. That was not so good at all.
> > >
> > > I left Redhat at 6.0 becuse their distribution was technically flawed, and also because they started these sort of
> > > pricing shenanigans. It is paradoxical that the cost of maintining an uptodate Linux system is starting to compare
> > > unfavourably with say, Win 2000 (with all of its attendant problems.)
> > >
> > > Because of line costs I prefer to update sveral times a year from an organised
> > > distribution like SuSE, relying on the internet for interim fixes or completely new material. The cost of the new
> > > "professional 7.0" release, makes SuSE far too expensive, unless of course you extend the update subscription offering
> > > to users outside Europe.
> > >
> > > Please give this matter due consieration.
> > >
> > > Yours sincerely,
> > >
> > > Daniel Feiglin
> > >
>