to up or not to up. that is the question

From: RR (rr_at_not.net)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:48:11 -0800

I've read in this group that it is not a good idea to upgrade
on top of an existing SuSE install. Is this the common wisdom?

Also, I wonder how long support will be offerred for, say, 9.1?

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