I just couldn't pass this one up... > The download location for the latest SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is: > ftp://nozzle.suse.de/pub/suse/s390/sles7-beta/31-bit/cd1/ > ftp://nozzle.suse.de/pub/suse/s390/sles7-beta/31-bit/cd2/ > OK, we are going to download this from a FTP site.
> > Trial versions are based on the GA version of the current SLES versions. Under > a special agreement you may use SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 and > zSeries for sixty (60) calendar days for testing purposes (e.g. proof of > concept). Trial versions must not be used in production, and they must not be > redistributed. Installation support is not included in the trial version. > Now, wait for this... > After the 60-days trial period you might decide to purchase the full product, > or you return the software back to SuSE. > RETURN YOUR SOFTWARE BACK TO SUSE? Just what are we suppose to do? Upload the software back? I want some of whatever that person was on, when this was written<G>. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting Joachim Schroeder wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I would like to let you know the following: > > ############################################################################ > > Nuremberg, 02/01/2002 > > In the past SuSE granted to enterprise customers access to the latest SuSE > Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) versions. SuSE extends this successful > marketing program and is therefore pleased to announce the availability of > beta versions, trial versions and evaluation versions of SuSE Linux Enterprise > Server for S/390 and zSeries. SuSE acknowledges the constructive feedback from > this mailing list. Thank you very much. > > At its sole discretion, SuSE makes available beta versions of SLES from its > FTP server. Please check for the desired version you want to download. SuSE > accepts no liability for beta versions. There is no implicit maintenance or > support associated with beta versions of SLES. You accept the full risk for > quality and performance of the beta version. SuSE welcomes your feedback under > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The download location for the latest SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is: > ftp://nozzle.suse.de/pub/suse/s390/sles7-beta/31-bit/cd1/ > ftp://nozzle.suse.de/pub/suse/s390/sles7-beta/31-bit/cd2/ > > Trial versions are based on the GA version of the current SLES versions. Under > a special agreement you may use SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 and > zSeries for sixty (60) calendar days for testing purposes (e.g. proof of > concept). Trial versions must not be used in production, and they must not be > redistributed. Installation support is not included in the trial version. > After the 60-days trial period you might decide to purchase the full product, > or you return the software back to SuSE. > > The evaluation version is also based on the GA version of the current SLES > version. Under a special agreement you may order it for USD 500,-. The > registration code is valid for six (6) months. During this period you receive > fixes and patches as if you had purchased the full product for your > production. Evaluation versions must not be used in production, and they must > not be redistributed. After evaluation you might decide to purchase the full > product, or you return the software back to SuSE. > > SuSE is the worldwide leading Linux distributor. For business use, SuSE offers > the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). SuSE Linux Enterprise Server > represents the latest link in Enterprise Server's comprehensive support of IBM > eServer. Thus, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server guarantees support of complex IT > infrastructures incorporating various hardware architectures ranging from > desktops to mainframes. For the first time, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server meets > high-profile 64-bit enterprise-level requirements, thus enabling productive > utilization on all IBM eServer. In connection with the included SuSE > maintenance and support services, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server constitutes a > secure, flexible, scalable, and reliable launchpad allowing the use of SuSE > Linux for mission-critical applications anywhere in the world. > > SuSE Linux Enterprise Server comes with an unprecedented full-service offer of > a matchless quality. Release cycles of one year guarantee planning security. > Combined with the ongoing system development and integrated maintenance of the > respective release for a period adapted to customer needs, SuSE ensures > investment security and stabilizes the dynamics of the Linux world, thus > meeting the IT requirements of medium-scale businesses as well as large-scale > enterprise computing. > > The integrated maintenance makes sure SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is always > in an up-to-date, stable, and tested state. Within the scope of SuSE Linux > Enterprise Server Maintenance, SuSE delivers all required patches, fixes and > updates in a tested, quality-assured, and well-documented state for a period > of at least two years. This makes sure the operating system basis SuSE Linux > is always as secure and powerful as on the day it was first installed. > > Dieter Heussner > Product Manager for SLES for S/390 and zSeries > > ###################################################################### > > -- > Kind regards, > > Joachim Schr�der ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > SuSE Support Services > ======================================================================== > SuSE Linux AG Tel +49-421-526-233-0 > Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 Fax +49-911-74053-489 > D-90429 Nuernberg Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Germany WWW http://www.suse.de > ======= S/390 - IPL the GPL! ======== visit http://s390.suse.de ======= > More info at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
