it's a wonderful thing...

[CMonster]

let me just say that my show of support is in:

Thank you for ordering products from SUSE.
The following email is a summary of your order.
PLEASE KEEP THIS EMAIL AS YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE!
You will also want to retain this email in the event you want to
reinstall your product(s) at a later date.


LOGIN LINK for the Online Shop:

YOUR ACCOUNT DATA
LOGIN: --------------
PASSWORD: ---------------

YOUR LICENSE NUMBERS: you may see in the following order and billing inform=
ation

YOUR ORDER AND BILLING INFORMATION

Order Number: -------------
Order Date: 23.03.2004
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George Posten
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Product Name Qty Type Price =
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SUSE LINUX Professional 9.1 update 1 Package version 51,68 EUR
English
Available: End of April
Linux
Item No.: 181737-085
Sub Total: 51,68 EUR
Shipping: 8,00 EUR
Tax: 0,00 EUR
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Total: 59,68 EUR

[omalleytrading]

Okay, I'll bite. I'm a windows guy, so laugh if you will...

You just spent $72.38 (USD) for a Linux distribution. That's a good thing?

I thought the big draw for Linux was "open source", "free" software...

[SpookyEddy]

When you buy a boxed set distro you are paying for the packaging, media and documentation. Many people simply choose to support the distro of their choice in this manner. This has nothing to do with the software being freely available and/or Open Source.

Regards

ed

[CMonster]

I don't want to start a this vs that thread, but I couldn't begin to count all the programs and tools and such that I am getting for my money, all pre-packaged and working with the distribution.

For the record, I have spent some $1500 US just on boxed Linux distros over the past 4 years, not to mention books, paid games, Star Office, and the cost I incur by shipping out Linux CDs to numerous people for free.

For me it's about value and solid, secure performance. I have also spent some $6-800 on Windows licenses (2K, XP) in the past couple years... and ALL I got for that money (other than the satisfaction of knowing my software is legal) was a buggy OS and almost '0' included applications.

[bill1971]

Congrats, CMonster:

I have yet to take the Linux plunge, plus I was thinking that Win XP was finally a stable Windows OS. . .hah! The more I work with it and find probs with it, the more I hate it, and BG. As far as I'm concerned, he owes all of us money for selling defective products.

As I've said before, we should be grateful he doesn't build airplanes!

- Bill

[Dbest]

Originally posted by bill1971

As I've said before, we should be grateful he doesn't build airplanes!
- Bill

, that's true