On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, David Boyes wrote:
> Even further -- the $150 media kit for SuSE 7.0 was something that most
> places could buy without Acts of God or accountants -- even within the reach
> of someone's private wallet if push came to shove. That got them a lot of
> visibility. $11K/engine is not something that you can do on a private
> budget, and certainly not for an evaluation project.
SuSE still offers a $4.500 evaluation version, which comes with the full
service of the full product.
> I'd be a lot happier if SuSE reinstated the media kits w/o support -- I like
> their distribution, and I generally like their approach, but I don't see a
> good reason to pay for something I'm not going to use. I'm told that media
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you are not going to use it anyway, why you _need_ Linux on a mainframe? If
you just want to play with Linux, there is just the same Linux on a much
cheaper platform, e.g. ia32.
Everybody who has a very good reason to run Linux on a mainframe can talk to
SuSE.
> kits are still available in Germany for SLES 7, but not elsewhere.
Media Kits are not available for SLES 7, not even in Germany.
> But, ultimately the market will decide...
...where the choice is only between the companies that will survive.
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Kind regards,
Joachim Schröder
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