There's been a lot of back and forth about getting a straight
answer from SuSE regarding the pricing policy. For what it
worth, this is my experience: Back in Dec. I called the 800
number and was told that I could order the Standard version for
$49.95 or the subscription for $34.95. I was confused (nothing
new there) whether I had to first order the standard version and
then later buy the subscription (as an upgrade, in effect) or
what. As it turns out, I was told that the subscription is
_exactly_ the same as the standard version including the manual
AND installation support with each new version that is shipped
to me. Furthermore, you don't have to order the full version at
all. Your first order can be for the $34.95 subscription. The
next versions are shipped when they come out at the same $34.95.
You have to explicitly tell SuSE to cancel your subscription if
you don't need to upgrade. Technically, you can cancel after
the first subscription - SuSE is gambling that you will buy at
least two or more, I guess. You can cancel the subscription at
any time - like maybe after the 2.2.1 kernel is finally
included? Or cancel and then resume whenever an interesting
feature is added.
Is the German packaging and pricing done this way, or is what
they call an "upgrade" really an incremental upgrade (without
full support?) and not a full version? I suspect it is merely a
translation problem.
-Bob
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