> Note that Alan originally asked for the number of "Red Hat PC (!!) > boxed sets" that one could buy, and this was then magically turned > into a discussion on the cost of buying a Suse Linux/390 combined > software + support package, which is quite a different thing, > and totally irrelevant for the comparison that Alan was making. > > PC linux boxed sets are available from Red Hat, Suse, and others > at roughly $100.
Fine, but this is a mailing list specifically intended to discuss Linux on S/390 and zSeries, not PCs. Alan's original question was off-charter for the group and I think the note about Suse's new attitude to what many considered a lowest-cost environment is highly relevant. As thread drift goes, it was pretty tame - it stayed with Linux and costs and even brought the discussion closer to the group's charter. -- Phil Payne The Devil's IT Dictionary - last updated 2002/01/03: http://www.isham-research.com/dd.html UK +44 7785 302803 Germany +49 173 6242039
