Re: Buy 9.2 Professional on DVD? Free download?

From: Michael Rozdoba (mroz_at_nowhere.invalid)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:56:17 +0000

houghi wrote:
> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
>
>>>BTW, is there a possibility to install it completely for free?
>>
>>Ask someone who owns it for a c opy. He's allowed to give, but not
>>sell.
>
>
> Or wait for the FTP version to be out in a few weeks. The 9.1 is
> available now.

I wouldn't call current statements about the middle of January a few
weeks :/

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.2/README.txt includes:
> PS.: The SUSE Linux 9.2 ftp version is being worked on and will be made
> available in this directory in mid of January 2005.

I know they don't have to make the binaries available, but I really
dislike the twisted choice of words. They imply it isn't available now
due to a need for continued work on their part. Surely the delay is
purely for perceived commercial gain?

Also, since Novell's involvement, hasn't the delay between commercial
release & ftp release increased significantly? It seems to have gone
from 4-6 weeks to three months :/ 

-- 
Michael
m r o z a t u k g a t e w a y d o t n e t

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