On Wednesday 15 January 2003 02:32 am, JP wrote: > T E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> deeg zun bes op schoal um hej te kinne schrieve: > > [snip] > > > > I highly recommend the newer one. I don't believe > > > there is any time bomb, and > > > I'm not sure if they require money after 6 months, > > > although it is certainly > > > worth what ever it is they charge. I subscribe, so > > > haven't actually purchased > > > a shrink wrap one. I think they get more money by > > > just donating so that is > > > what I did. > > > > Here is part of the reason why I believe there are > > only 6 months to register: I log into MNF and am > > greated with this text: > > > > "UPDATES: Don't forget to register your firewall to > > receive your free updates for 6 months. These updates > > are critical to keep your security product up to date > > and to maintain a high security level. These updates > > consist of improvements to most features, security > > fixes and more." > > > > Like I said updates are critical. And while this > > product may be worth every one of the 200,000 pennies > > spent on it, I need a FREE product since I basically > > have a 0 penny budget at the moment. > > > > It seems to me that if updates for SNF are free that > > may be the way to go. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to > > go with MNF, but I can't afford the price at the > > moment and will need eternal updates. > > it seems as if they try to get people to pay for the mnf updates, however, > I dont think you will have to do so in order to get the updates. > > first of all, i just checked a mandrake updates mirror and there is a > seperate directory for mnf, that one could simply use (add to urpmi etc.) > without mandrake even knowing it. > > second, this mnf is basically a (heavily modified and stripped down) > version of mandrake 8.2. for which updates are freely available. see also > snf, which has a similar relationship to 7.2, with many packages in the > snf update directory being a simlink to the 7.2 updates. > > all in all a rather unclear situation, as by reading the mandrake website > one would think you have to pay for security updates. > > JP
To make matters even weirder there is no documentation for it!?!??! It says if you didn't get documentation with it, to purchase a copy or something to that affect. MNF is kicking my butt!
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