[ale] SuSE 9.1 pricey?

[Courtney Thomas]

Count me in, which'll make it four, I assume .....

Greg wrote:

> $59.95 for a version upgrade ???? what the he** ???  To go from 9.0 to 9.1
> ?????  And I thought MS was crazy for gouging !!  Well, ok, after visiting
> the site I do see quite  few improvements, ... but still ... if there are
> enough improvements, why don't they just call it Suse 10 ?  If it weren't so
> much for 64 bit Suse (and the lack of alternatives) I would tell them to
> pi$$ up a fallen high voltage line.
> 
> grumble grumble
> 
> OK, I am in ... for whatever my share is on the price and I will provide the
> blank disks if someone else burns them (though I can burn them if needed).
> So to summarize we have the following going in on this (and I suggest we buy
> it at CompUSA or even Monarch and avoid the huge freaking tax and shipping -
> that *must* be an error .. or the EU VAT ???):
> 
> Geoffrey
> Eric
> Greg

   Courtney


> 
> Estimated price/individual: ~ 21 - 22 USD (if we buy locally)
> 
> Anyone else ?
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Eric
>>VanWieren
>>Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 8:18 AM
>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>Subject: Re: [ale] SuSE 9.1 pricey?
>>
>>
>>We should get 10 people to go in on it. Get the one copy and then burn
>>the other 9.
>>
>>I am in if we can get enough people interested. We could then distribute
>>it to those people at the next ALE nw meeting.
>>
>>Eric
>>
>>Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I was just checking out the price of SuSE 9.1 pro update.  59.95, but
>>>that's not the worse part.  16% tax!  $5 shipping, $10.39 tax.
>>>
>>>
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