Re: [SLE] SUSE Linux 10.0 Retail Box a Step Backwards
From: William Gallafent (william_at_gallaf.net)
Date: 10/07/05
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 16:31:01 +0100
On Friday 07 October 2005 16:14, Carl Hartung wrote:
[snip]
> In fact, now that I've pondered this sufficiently, maybe
> it's a good idea to start encouraging Novell/SUSE to build
> a "pay as you download" subscription site for the retail
> version and scrap shipping a physical product entirely!
I agree wholeheartedly. Get all the free stuff with the
usual torrent, then buy a license for the extra stuff in the
retail version on line. This could give access to e.g. an
authenticated extra installation source, which you simply
add to YaST, and there you go - full retail version of SuSE
achieved.
I have been wondering how much of the £35.99 I pay to Amazon
to get a SuSE 10 box goes on the physical stuff (as an
aside, I could buy a dual layer DVD _burner_, a dual layer
DVD+R disc and enough recycled paper to print the documents
on, all for less than that!), and how much pays for licenses
for extra software included in the retail box. _Is_ there
somewhere a list of what's on the Retail DVD (apart from
multiple architectures all on the same disc) that isn't on
the Eval DVD?
I'm all in favour of paying for stuff I want, but I am
another who would rather pay for actual software (which can
be delivered efficiently down my ADSL connection) than
cardboard, plastic, diesel etc.
[snip]
> > There are also many people who are unable to read an online manual.
>
> Let them print whatever they need to meet their personal
> requirement. The price of everybody else's product
> shouldn't be driven up just to meet the needs of this
> small segment of the market.
Exactly. Decent duplex laser printers are not expensive any
more, nor is recycled A4 laser paper, and nor are
ring-binders etc. So if you want hard copy, make your own!
> > I can usually remember where something is in a printed book, plus/minus 5
> > pages, after I've read it once. In 20 years, I have yet to begin to
> > develop the same ability with an online manual.
>
> That's what "bookmarks" are for. And, when bookmarks
> aren't available, text editors make great "notepads"
> (shiver). I keep .txt files containing notes parked in the
> same directories as all of the fixed, published documents
> I have and I've done this for many, many years. It is very
> effective.
[snip]
There's also the "search" facility in acroread, for
example. I often find using that a lot quicker than leafing
through an index ...
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