On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote: > On Sunday 28 October 2007 23:39:45 Aniruddha wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:31 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote: > > > > And does it really cost 50 EUR per year to get security updates? > > > > > > That, plus other kinds of bug fixes and feature updates, plus support > > > > > > Anders > > > > > > -- > > > > Does this mean that when you only pay 50 EUR for one year you don't get > > security patches the next year? This would mean that Novell is even more > > expensive then Windows XP which costs 100 / 150 (professional) EUR and > > has at least 7 yrs of security patches support. > > WinXP Home Edition cost 199 USD, Professional is almost impossible to buy > today, Vista is 500 dollars. Get your facts straight > > But even so, for that money you get exactly nothing beyond the basic OS. No > office package, no programs, nothing > > And you certainly don't get support > > For the money you pay for SLED, you also get free access to new versions when > they're released. Good luck trying to get that from Microsoft (hint: without > a massive license agreement, you can forget it) > > But if none of this is important to you, you're probably better off with > opensuse. Remind me, the free version of Windows is called.....? > I'm initiating a slow clap that builds up in intensity. Everyone, please join in! :-)
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