Hi,
for a UNIX system, you usually "buy" a license for one computer.
When you got a new version, you will pay for it, but usually not the
full price. It is considered an update, not a new license. The
maintenance patches are usually free.
The price for an upgrade of SUSE linux is something like 60% of the
full price, it is never like if you where buying it for the first
time.
Considering that, I would pay something like $69 for an upgrade from
10.1.5 to 10.2.
This upgrade means a better Finder and the BSD layer goes from 4.2 to 4.4.
If I must pay the full price, I will wait for 10.3 and probably have
a newer BSD layer.
Rgds, Fernando
>From: "Eric D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I don't think *NIX geeks would be turned off by paying for upgrades (UNIX
>users used to have to pay for each and every upgrade). Even Linux users are
>used to paying for regular upgrades (more often than not though, upgrades
>are freely downloadable too... though, not easily sometimes, and only if you
>have a highspeed connection (try d/l 600 MB over a phoneline)).
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