-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tleslie wrote:
> I'd be very surprised if Novell charged at all. > The market cap increase of Novell stock (if this Dell thing proves > fruitful, and other spin off), will negate any need to charge Dell (for > OS), especially if Dell does most support, all setup and all distribution. Why should Dell do the support? I think that Novell should do it. In that case there will be no need to charge Dell for anything. Novel on the other side should change IMO its policy. AFAIK SLED/SLES are way more stable that OpenSUE. For that why not to sell a combined, pre-installed SLED/SLES distro to non-commercial users only, with a guarantied 5 years support for e.g. 100$? It even has not to be certificated. I would pay an additional 'guid' for such stability. So Dell could sell then e.g. laptops with pre-installed novell either to the regular price with initial kernel drivers support only or with Novell's 5 years support for let say additional 100$. In the case there is a need for kernel-upgrade based on e.g. new peripherals emerged on the market, then Novell could do like Apple does. Means just charge an additional money for the upgrade. Guys business is business. Linux gives me freedom to do it all by myself. But there are many people outside who just want use a Linux unit. So IMO there will be no problem for them to pay for such stability and comfort. If the price is reasonable and competitive. I also think that a versed or a just less richer linux user would be happy with such solution; if he can obtain all current kernel drivers for free. thx Jan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFF5WITN8oPNJi4M6IRAjhKAJdn1nvqmW33/YcmL8wiowSjpqYFAJ9rMWEB gf+OgECCrRBE7y6kIcMENg== =gpZs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
