RE: [SLUG] New Novell 9.3 Technical Resource Kit

From: John Pugh (jpugh@NOVELL.COM)
Date: Tue Aug 16 2005 - 11:21:33 EDT


>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 8:18 pm, in message
<200508160010.j7G0AEah006656@ms-smtp-04.tampabay.rr.com>,
kelliott4@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
>> > Running a business on SUSE Personal is like playing with fire...you will
> get burned by not having a support infrastructure in place.
>
> Personal? I purchased copies of Professional for our servers. And it has
> done a fine job.
>
> The resource kit is a nice bit of work. But the previous version was nicer
> in that it contained installable versions. Even Microsoft will give you a
> 180- day version of their server software for evaluation.
>
> I know I can download SuSE 9.3, and I might someday. I'm just saying that
> it seems odd that they removed something of value from the kit. I'm certain
> that someone at Novell thought that the kit might cost a sale or two, but in
> my case it didn't _help_ make a sale.
>
> Thanks to Novell for the kit. It remains a good idea, and I do plan to
> continue looking through it.
>
> Ken Elliott
>

I'll forward on your comments to the customer communities advocate unless you object.

Thanks...JP

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