On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:53 +0100, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote: > Aniruddha wrote: > > > > Let me explain my myself. As the owner of an IT company I am always > > looking to provide my customers the best (Open Source) solution. I am > > absolutely not Windows minded however looking at the figures SLED > > becomes very difficult to sell: > > > > Windows XP 7yr support 100,- EUR > > Gentoo Linux unlimited support 0,- EUR > > SLED 7 yr support 329,- EUR > > That Gentoo comparison is a joke isn't it? > If you would do that you could also easily update to a new openSUSE > version every two years what would also give you "unlimited support" for > zero costs. >
No it isn't and prior to the release of openSUSE 10.3 I was preparing for large Gentoo deployments. You're right that I could a new openSUSE version every two years but considering the costs (and down-time) involved in comparison to Gentoo doesn't make a viable solution. > Are you targetting home users or business users with your IT company? > That's the important question because it would give us a hint which > costs for the customer are important anyway. > > Wolfgang Good question. I am targeting home users for now with plans for business users in the near future. However I do want to have a stable option (SLED) available for certain home users who require this. -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
